The Ethics of Socially Assistive Robots in Aged Care. A Focus Group Study With Older Adults in Flanders, Belgium.

Journal: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences
Published Date: Oct 16, 2020

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Socially assistive robots (SARs) need to be studied from older adults' perspective, given their predicted future ubiquity in aged-care settings. Current ethical discourses on SARs in aged care are uninformed by primary stakeholders' ethical perceptions. This study reports on what community-dwelling older adults in Flanders, Belgium, perceive as ethical issues of SARs in aged care.

Authors

  • Tijs Vandemeulebroucke
    a Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law , KU Leuven - University of Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.
  • Bernadette Dierckx de CasterlĂ©
    KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Academic Centre for Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Kapucijnenvoer 35/d Box 7001, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: bernadette.dierckxdecasterle@kuleuven.be.
  • Laura Welbergen
    Afdeling Beleid en Kwaliteit, Handtherapie Nederland, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Michiel Massart
    Social Work-Research, PXL University College, Hasselt, Belgium.
  • Chris Gastmans
    a Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law , KU Leuven - University of Leuven , Leuven , Belgium.

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