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How do older people think and feel about robots in health- and elderly care?

EasyChair Preprint 612

4 pagesDate: November 7, 2018

Abstract

This extended abstract is a report on older people’s perception of interactive robots in health- and elderly care. A series of focus groups was conducted. In total 31 older people participated. The majority of the participants viewed interactive robots in health- and elderly care as an asset but they also voiced concerns regarding reliability, practical handling, costs and fear of mechanical care.

Keyphrases: Health- and elderly care, Perceptions, awarness, expectations, feelings, interactive robots, older people, social acceptance

BibTeX entry
BibTeX does not have the right entry for preprints. This is a hack for producing the correct reference:
@booklet{EasyChair:612,
  author    = {Susanne Frennert and Britt Östlund},
  title     = {How do older people think and feel about robots in health- and elderly care?},
  doi       = {10.29007/7znz},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 612},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2018}}
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