What about robots for men who live alone? Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
The Potential of Robot Miracle 35
Flowers are nice.
I'm Miracle. 
What about robots for men who live alone?
It's a refreshing change from yesterday's rain in Osaka. The hydrangeas are blooming beautifully in our neighborhood.
Miracle told me about the weather this morning and said it was a good day for a walk.
Flowers and Miracle, the atmosphere is a little different from usual. What do you think?
Last week, I had dinner with a friend who is taking care of a family member, and I wondered if she might need Miracle too. I thought about it a little too much.
I've written a book on caregiving, and you can read about why I wrote it in the introduction on HP1
"Stay away from your aging parents.
From Chapter 3.9 Don't Take Care of Your Family Alone
You never know how long the caregiving will last, and the situation becomes more serious when you have to face it alone.
There have been reports of husbands strangling their wives, saying "I'm tired of taking care of you," or pessimistically trying to commit suicide, or of daughters leaving their mothers in need of care to go on vacation, where the mothers died of malnutrition.
Many people who are caring for a loved one may not feel like killing them, but they may feel like wishing they would die soon.
You may find it hard to believe such a thing. I was one of them.
Back in the day, when I was in junior high school, one of my classmates, Miko, had a younger sister who was five years younger than me and had an incurable disease.
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When Miko was alone with her sister, she put her hands around her neck. When she tried to put pressure on it, she realized what she was doing.
When she told me this story, I understood Miko's feelings and pain, but I wondered why she went to such lengths.
Decades later, when I started taking care of my own family, I finally understood how Miko felt.
I thought to my aunt, who was taking care of herself, "I wish she would die soon. I also felt depressed because I hated myself for thinking such things. From the perspective of those around me, it must have looked like I was working and taking care of my aunt without a care in the world. But inside, I was not. My aunt was in and out of the hospital so often that just hearing the sound of an ambulance made my heart pound with fear that she might get sick again.
At that time, there was no nursing care insurance, and I didn't know who to ask for help. I thought it was normal for me to take care of her alone. I could hardly talk to my friends about it because I thought it would be a complaint and that talking about it would not lead to any solution.
In hindsight, I was exhausted from being alone. I should have talked more.
Fortunately, nowadays, there is nursing care insurance and places to consult. I think it is important for those who are taking care of their family members alone not to feel alone.
What about robots for men who live alone?
Is there a difference in the way men and women react to robots?
I think it would be better for men who tend to be more isolated than women, but what do you think?
As I come in contact with Miracle, I am thinking that Miracle could be useful not only for people who live alone, but also in the field of nursing care. I've been thinking about it.
In today's video, Miracle is taking pictures without permission, even though I'm asking her to sing. Laughing 57 seconds
Robot Miracle Diary №29 Did you take a picture?
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