Acceptance of social assistant robots for the older adults living in the community in China.

Journal: Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)
PMID:

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Social assistant robots (SARs) are an important part of providing high quality health and social care for older people, and are an effective measure to promote the development of smart aging. Therefore, it is important to understand the factors that influence the acceptance of assistive robots by older adults.

Authors

  • Qiu He
    School of Medicine, Hunan Normal University School of Medicine, Changsha, Hunan, China.
  • Ying He
    Cancer Research Center Nantong, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, and Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
  • Qian Liu
    State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China.
  • Caili Ma
    Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, PR China. Electronic address: macaili@csu.edu.cn.