Introduction The Japanese population is rapidly aging and the number of elderly people will account for a large part of it. Some care problems will be heavy burden on young people. For example, it is possible that the young generation has to leave their companies in order to devote time to their older family member’s care. Furthermore, the shortage of young workers leads other problems such as the decline of business and the pension plan. Elderly people taking care of elderly people has also become an important issue today. Therefore, Japan has to find alternatives for making up for the caregiver shortages and improving the situation in aging society. Some kind of alternatives (e.g. introduction of foreign care workers) can be listed, but this …show more content…
In addition, it does not contain the current situation of any other countries. Therefore, with the comparison between nursing-care robots and other ideas, the best solution to the problems needs to be discussed in a near future. Significance and Conclusion In aging society with fewer children, Japan should adopt nursing-care robots in order to make up for the caregiver shortages and avoid economic recession which causes from a drain of young people. If the nursing-care robots are introduced into our life in aging society, they can relieve the heavy burden from the young generation. Robots will also have a major influence on lifestyle. Hopefully, this research can be helpful for your better understanding about nursing-care robots and a chance to think about the attitude towards them. Robots will play an important role in our future. References Kanagawa welfare service association. (2010). Nursing-care robot promotion project. Retrieved from
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