Purpose The aim of the study was to analyze and compare elderly care personnel attitudes
toward care robots in Finland and Japan. Design Cross‐sectional survey in Finland and …

Purpose To clarify potential users' perceptions toward the development and social
implementation of home-care robots in Japan, Ireland, and Finland. Methods Unsigned, self …

Robots are not yet typical in daily use in elder care services, but recent studies suggest that
they will soon be mainstream. In this study, we focus on the future of elder care, affected by …

There is an urge to introduce high technology and robotics in care settings. Assisted living
(AL) is the fastest growing form of older adults' long-term care. Resident autonomy has …

This study investigates assistant nurses' views on and needs for orientation to care robot use
in three European countries. The use of care robots is gradually being incorporated into …

This paper considers the dynamics of the emerging care robotics innovation ecosystem in
the Finnish welfare services. Innovation ecosystems have both evolutionary nature as well …

The elderly care system's sustainability is one of the largest societal challenges of our time.
Digitalization and the implementation of technologies in elderly care are viewed as offering …

Touching in care work is inevitable, particularly in cases where clients depend on nurses for
many activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, lifting and assisting. When new …

This roadmap summarises a six-year multidisciplinary research project called Robots and
the Future of Welfare Services (ROSE), funded by the Strategic Research Council (SRC) …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of decision-makers toward the use
of care robots in welfare services. We investigated their knowledge regarding the use of care …