Linda the Robot - the latest thing in aged care

Nup. These two comments sum up my opinion of that, especially the first one. Wouldn't it be cheaper to pour the millions into paying some 'unskilled' people to do the job? Does everyone employed these days have to be paid like a rocket scientist? It would suit some otherwise 'unemployable' people just fine. They don't have to be nurses, just a set of eyes. ...aaaannnyway.

PrestonPark

  • Today 07:25 AM

    Judging by the performance of the 'Lindas' we see in the clip, blocking the hallway & a nurse weaving around them, they'll cause more problems than they solve.
    Here's an idea - employ an extra person so 'checking up on patients' time can be worked into their schedules. It's not explained, either, how 'Linda' goes about checking patients in their rooms - with no 'arms', as such, to open doors?
    I'm sure I saw similar Fisher-Price style robots on Blue Peter c1965, too - Linda's grandparents, probably - and just as useless.
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  • polistra24
    Today 06:52 AM

    Fantastically stupid idea. Alzheimers patients are generally paranoid and suspicious of strangers and strange things. A robot that looks like a milk bottle is going to get knocked over before it has a chance to spot people who are knocked over. Then who gets to rescue the robot?
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That makes more sense Di than spending thousands on something that may not be able to do the job, as i have always said in certain cases robots just can't replace man, we need humans in the homes looking after the elderly and a lot of them, increase their pay to encourage people to work there and get the Government to help big time, god knows they can do with a lot of help and a few more millions put into it.
 
I'd rather have a trained dog on duty, frankly.

It used to be the Japanese who thought robots are carers is a good idea.
I was never convinced.

At my mother's dementia hostel facility all the suites were fitted with motion sensors so that if any of the residents were up an about during the night the staff on duty could check on them to see if they were OK. They were alerted by a sound on their beepers. I thought this was a sensible means of watching over them without being too intrusive.
 
The least they could have done was make up their minds how they wanted the robot to appear - like a hot young human nurse or (as they evidently chose) a mobile gumball machine with Marty Feldman eyes.

The nice thing about robots is that they won't abuse the patients. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of all human caregivers.
 
I really don`t think spending that kind of money is the answer.. and in a nursing home patients don`t get
left all night on their own.. my daughter works night duty in a nursing home in Sydney and she is always on the move .
doing the rounds she walks the corridor checking on each patient every hr.. but they have sensor access to each room in the mean time on
a buzzer and they know immediately see if any one is distressed or getting up or has had a fall.sometimes the patients buz them selves if they need to have assistant, but yes maybe employing someone extra just to do the rounds.if they are short staffed, would be a good idea.
 
SifuPhil said:
The least they could have done was make up their minds how they wanted the robot to appear - like a hot young human nurse or (as they evidently chose) a mobile gumball machine with Marty Feldman eyes.

The nice thing about robots is that they won't abuse the patients. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of all human caregivers.
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