Japan’s elderly are being told to get used to being looked after by robots.
With Japan’s ageing society facing a predicted shortfall of 370,000
caregivers by 2025, the government wants to increase community
acceptance of technology that could help fill the gap in the nursing
workforce.
Developers have focused their efforts on producing simple robotic
devices that help frail residents get out of their bed and into a
wheelchair, or that can ease senior citizens into bathtubs.
But the government sees a wider range of potential applications and
recently revised its list of priorities to include robots that can
predict when patients might need to use the toilet.
"Loneliness heaped on loneliness" is the first thing into my mind.
Who says a machine can't be good company?
ReplyDeleteMany solutions are possible. What does the one focusing on “intelligent” machines rather than immigration or a Visa program say?
ReplyDeleteFor another solution, In NYC many of the care jobs are filled with immigrants from the Caribbean and Eastern Europe.