A robot carer? No thanks – we still need the human touch | Stewart Dakers

After the Paro seal, robotics may come up with new aids to feed, wash and medicate older people. But that is not what we want

“Guinea pigs, that’s what we are.”

“Unpaid, at that.”

Related: How Paro the robot seal is being used to help UK dementia patients | Andrew Griffiths

It is not just the old who need support, nor is human care a geriatric preserve

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