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Social and Assistive Robotics in Dementia Care: Ethical Recommendations for Research and Practice

Robotics in Dementia Care EthicsAcademictopic page

Assessment outcome

total 2/4 (actionability 1 + authority 1); currency unscored, so pro-rated to 3.0/6

Total2/6
Actionability1/2
Authority1/2
Currency—

Authorship & scope

Attribution (G4 evidence)

The article is clearly attributed to named authors and institutions.

Issuer authority (evidence)

Level 1: Authored by researchers from academic institutions acting in an official capacity.

Issuers, who it governs, legal force and content are on the full record.

Eligibility gates

G1 · Retrievablepass

HTTP 200, 1624 words of full text extracted

G2 · AI nexuspass

Robotics and assistive systems are the primary subject of the article.

G3 · Governance nexuspass

The article explicitly addresses ethical, legal, and social rules and recommendations.

G4 · Attributablepass

The article is clearly attributed to named authors and institutions.

G5 · In forcepass

No supersession or retraction notice is present on the page.

Scored criteria

Actionability

1/2

Level 1: Provides principles and direction for design and use, but specifies no binding individual steps or obligations.

This paper delineates the ethical landscape and provides recommendations for design and use aimed at protecting users and maximizing the benefit in assisting such vulnerable population.

Authority

1/2

Level 1: Authored by researchers from academic institutions acting in an official capacity.

Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Basel, Bernoullistrasse 28, 4056, Basel, Switzerland Marcello Ienca, Fabrice Jotterand & Bernice Elger

Currency

—

computed: no publish/modified date found on the page (never guessed)

Classification

Coverage topicRobotics in Dementia Care Ethics
PerspectiveAcademic
Lifecycle stage1 Plan & design
Layerboth
Granularitytopic page