How to support the elderly has become a major problem in modern urban life. Faced with the increasingly high cost of living, most families have no choice but to become dual-income families, and the elderly are facing more and more "empty nests".
Some surveys show that allowing young people to take on the responsibility of caring for the elderly out of emotion and obligation will be detrimental to the sustainable development of the relationship and the physical and mental health of both parties in the long run. Therefore, hiring a professional caregiver for the elderly abroad has become the most common way. However, the world is now facing a shortage of caregivers. Accelerated social aging and children with unfamiliar nursing skills will make "social care for the elderly" a problem. A serious question.
With the continuous development and maturity of technology, the emergence of nursing robots provides new solutions for nursing work. For example: Intelligent defecation care robots use electronic sensing devices and intelligent analysis and processing software to provide intelligent fully automated care services for disabled patients through automatic extraction, flushing and drying devices. While "liberating" the hands of children and caregivers, It also reduces the psychological burden on patients.
The home companion robot provides home care, intelligent positioning, one-click rescue, video and voice calls and other functions. It can care for and accompany the elderly in their daily life 24 hours a day, and can also realize remote diagnosis and medical functions with hospitals and other institutions.
The feeding robot transports and picks up tableware, food, etc. through its mulberry robotic arm, assisting some elderly people with physical disabilities to eat on their own.
At present, these nursing robots are mainly used to assist disabled, semi-disabled, disabled or elderly patients without family care, provide nursing services in the form of semi-autonomous or fully autonomous work, and improve the quality of life and independent initiative of the elderly.
A nationwide survey in Japan has found that the use of robot care can make more than a third of the elderly in nursing homes more active and autonomous. Many seniors also report that robots actually make it easier for them to relieve their burdens than caregivers and family members. The elderly no longer worry about wasting their family's time or energy due to their own reasons, they no longer need to hear more or less complaints from caregivers, and they no longer encounter violence and abuse against the elderly.
At the same time, nursing robots can also provide more professional nursing services for the elderly. As age increases, the physical condition of the elderly may gradually deteriorate and require professional care and attention. Nursing robots can monitor the physical condition of the elderly in an intelligent way and provide correct care plans, thereby ensuring the health of the elderly.
With the arrival of the global aging market, the application prospects of nursing robots can be said to be very broad. In the future, intelligent, multi-functional, and highly technologically integrated elderly care service robots will become the focus of development, and nursing robots will enter thousands of homes. Ten thousand households provide intelligent care services to many elderly people.
Post time: Dec-11-2023
