Survey Of Japanese Consumers Shows Openness To Using Robot Caregivers

With people aged 65 and older accounting for 29.3% of the population in Japan in 2024, many of whom require long-term care, and with a shortage of 570,000 care workers projected by 2040, home-care robots could alleviate caregiver burden and support the independence of older adults.

A recent survey of older adults, family caregivers, facility care staff, and employees of 10 companies developing home care robots gathered 1,122 responses from potential users and 83 from developers. The survey revealed that more than half of current and potential long-term care users were willing to use . . .