Nursing Staff's Perspectives of Care Robots for Assisted Living Facilities: Systematic Literature Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Care robots have been proposed in response to nursing shortages in assisted living facilities (ALFs) and the growing population of older adults. While the use of care robots may improve the general health and well-being of older adults, their introduction changes the work of nursing staff fundamentally, and it has implications for the entire health care system. In developing such technology, it is important to include end users, but so far, the nursing staff's perspectives have largely been ignored.

Objective

This study aims to examine the literature on nursing staff's attitudes, needs, and preferences related to the use of care robots in ALFs, in order to discover gaps in the literature and guide future research.

Methods

This review follows the PRISMA (Pre

SUBMITTER: Trainum K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11443223 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature