Elder Care, Robots, and AI

Today, we turn from general questions about the use of AI in health care to a very specific issue: the use of AI and robots to care elders.

Required Prep Materials

First, read Robots Rise to Meet the Challenge of Caring for Old People, published recently in Nature.

Then, read Hille Haker’s Piece in Nexus about elder care and social robots. It will provide helpful background to thinking about the use of AI in caring for elders.

Finally, read this summary of a recent WHO report on the use of AI in elder care.