Also in nursing care robotics and digitisation have the potential to facilitate the increasing tasks in everyday working life. However, technology and digitisation are met with reservations and rejections in many places, and many well-intentioned developments fail because of the acceptance of nurses and those in need of care. Therefore, as is often the case, one should not develop beyond their needs.
Care work means hard physical work and often great mental stress. But most of the caregivers who have opted for this profession accept this, because liaising with others and being able to help others is important to them. Empathy is important to her. Nevertheless, they could benefit from the use of digital technology in the care, it is they who have to grab vigorously before retirement with ever falling personal keys. For example, integrated weighing systems in nursing beds can provide a great deal of support here.
Digitisation to support the caretakers
But they also want to stay healthy. Thus, the maintenance of the health of the nurses is a central concern. Innovative technologies can help here. But how close can we approach machines without them being threatening and further restricting patients‘ quality of life? There are always impressive model developments taking place – keyword care robots – but many play for practically in the care workers at all irrelevant. In the end, nobody wanted a prototype of a care robot, because they neither wanted to work with it nor wanted to take care of it. The first prerequisite is therefore the exchange and transfer of knowledge between people from nursing and those from technical research. Only when researchers have got to know and internalize the everyday work of nurses, it is possible to work hand in hand, to discuss and solve concrete problems together.
In addition, training for caregivers is needed so that the modern tools can also be used properly. Topics that still need to be discussed. However, both the acceptance and the inner willingness of the nursing staff must be present be able to acquire skills in dealing with the technology.
