Jørgen Niewald, Hans and Bisgaard Fabricius, Maria and Toft, Mette (2024) 7. Practice report: Social robots help social clients become more independent and creates new ‘client-professional’ relations. Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies, 21, (1), 7. doi:https://doi.org/10.21427/yg2g-1s51.
External website: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijass/vol24/iss1/7/
The case study describes the work to introduce medicine robots to citizens with social, mental and physical disabilities in the municipality of Holstebro, Denmark. In the case study, we meet Hannah, who for the past six months has received her daily drug substitution (methadone) treatment through a medicine robot in her own home. Based on social client and employee experiences the case study describes benefits and gains - as well as challenges and consequences of the introduction of medicine robots in the daily social work in the Municipality of Holstebro. Emphasis is placed on how welfare technology has an impact on professionals' experience of their role and relationship with social clients: What happens when we replace human relationships with social robots? The case study ends with pointing out key competencies in the future social work in relation to the work with welfare technology.
B Substances > Opioids (opiates) > Opioid product > Methadone
HJ Treatment or recovery method > Substance disorder treatment method > Substance replacement method (substitution) > Opioid agonist treatment (methadone maintenance / buprenorphine)
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Treatment and maintenance > Treatment factors
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Health care delivery
N Communication, information and education > Digital technology
VA Geographic area > Europe > Norway
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