The ethics of pet robots in dementia care settings: Care professionals' and organisational leaders' ethical intuitions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pet robots are gaining momentum as a technology-based intervention to support the psychosocial wellbeing of people with dementia. Current research suggests that they can reduce agitation, improve mood and social engagement. The implementation of pet robots in care for persons with dementia raises several ethical debates. However, there is a paucity of empirical evidence to uncover care providers' ethical intuitions, defined as individuals' fundamental moral knowledge that are not underpinned by any specific propositions.

Objectives

Explore care professionals' and organisational leaders' ethical intuitions before and when implementing pet robots in nursing homes for routine dementia care.

Materials and methods

We undertook a secondary qualitative analysis of

SUBMITTER: Koh WQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9899814 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature