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Dependency, Social Work, and Advanced Automation

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In the field of dependency and personal autonomy, the new technologies play an important part. We analyze a technology which is already established in that field, the information and communication technologies (ICTs) (the main contribution of the chapter), and we reflect on the possible consequences, based on accumulated experience, of the introduction of advanced automation. Other writers investigate the digital divide and relate it to the future robotics divide. In this chapter, we reflect on the ICTs, on informal care, on personal autonomy and on the possible consequences or scope of application of automatic and robotized services systems.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    More information from: http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/care_for_me/carers/index_es.htm.

  2. 2.

    EUROFAMCARE: An international research project, financed by the 5th Framework Program of the European Union, whose purpose is to carry out a review, at European level, of the situation of carer-relatives of elderly people through the creation of a working group with members from six countries: Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Each of these countries will gather data from approximately 1,000 interviews. One of the aspects that will be analyzed is the situation of carer-relatives of elderly people in relation to the existence of, familiarity with, and availability, use and acceptance of the different support services. Eurofamcare studies aspects such as current demographic trends; the legal obligations of carers and the role of the state; the role of the carer and social attitudes; the “work” of caring; public investment in the care of the elderly; the professional carers; and finally, Eurofamcare will present some conclusions and some policy recommendations. This project is intended to bring about changes in management processes at various levels, with a view to promoting social policies for the benefit of carer-relatives of elderly people.

  3. 3.

    Mckee K, Lamura G, Prouskas C, Öberg B, Krevers B, Spazzafumo L et al. The COPE Index—a first stage assessment of negative impact, positive value and quality of support of caregiving in informal carers for older people.

  4. 4.

    More information from: http://www.famma.org/rokdownloads/Publicaciones/2008-guia-para-personas-cuidadoras.pdf.

  5. 5.

    Article available on: http://www.ts.ucr.ac.cr/binarios/congresos/reg/slets/slets-016-059.pdf.

  6. 6.

    More information from: http://www1.unavarra.es/digitalAssets/158/158808_5_Carretero_PoliticasSociosanitariasSostenibles.pdf.

  7. 7.

    The needs of the main carers: http://www.centrodesaluddebollullos.es/Centrodesalud/Enfermeria/Documentacion%20Distrito/Documentos/Cuidadoras/ElSistemaInvisibledelosCuidados.PDF.

  8. 8.

    Fundación Surt: http://www.surt.org/zonatics/?page_id=6.

  9. 9.

    Complementary information from: http://aprenderapensar.net/2009/05/18/nativos-digitales-vs-inmigrantes-digitales/.

  10. 10.

    Official data of the Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio (Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade 2010).

  11. 11.

    The resource must be adapted to the profile of each carer, most of whom are elderly.

  12. 12.

    The complete article may be found on: http://blog.catedratelefonica.deusto.es/tecnologia-y-personas-mayores/.

  13. 13.

    Article available on: http://www3.unileon.es/ce/ets/ficheros/informacion/nticts.pdf.

  14. 14.

    Complementary information on: http://www.tsocialcan.com/centrodedocumentacion/enlacesdeinteres/enlaces/index.php?id_categoria=1.

  15. 15.

    More information on: http://www.roboticadeservicios.com/robots_ayuda.html.

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    Yolanda M. de la Fuente Robles & Eva Sotomayor Morales

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de la Fuente Robles, Y.M., Sotomayor Morales, E. (2014). Dependency, Social Work, and Advanced Automation. In: López Peláez, A. (eds) The Robotics Divide. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5358-0_8

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