The Attitude of New Elderly Towards Robot-assisted Elderly Care:A Hermeneutic Phenomenolo-gy Study
Objective To explore the attitude of new elderly towards robot-assisted elderly care.Methods A hermeneutic phenomenology method was used to collect data from 16 new elderly by using the semi-structured interview.Results Three themes were extracted:accepting the future of robot-assisted elderly care:expectation and rejection of coexistence;expecting robot-empowered elderly care:multiple role expec-tations;and expecting diverse support for robot-assisted elderly care:concerns about the technological inte-gration gap.Conclusions The new elderly's expectations and concerns about robot-assisted elderly care co-exist.It is necessary to pay more attention to the feelings of the new elderly.The design of robots should meet the multiple expectations from the new elderly.The support of caregivers should be enhanced by strengthening their own knowledge.These efforts should be joined to help the new elderly better integrate into the Digital Intelligence Era and truly enjoy smart nursing care.
robotnew elderlyhome-based carequalitative studyhermeneutic phenomenology study
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维普
