ArticleAsian bioethics review2026
Relational Autonomy, Dementia, and AI-Based Care Robots: Ethical Aspects of Using Machines to Care for People with Dementia.
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Abstract
In the care sector, professionals face numerous challenges, for example due to a lack of resources, overburdened wards, or stressful situations with patients. In order to counter these and other stress factors, technical means have been increasingly assigned for some years, including care robots. These machines are intended to counteract staff shortages, relieve the burden on nurses, or generally consider the technical component of care. Numerous authors have dealt with ethical aspects surrounding these machines. However, the thematization of people with dementia and the associated question of relational autonomy through the use of AI-based care robots has been neglected so far. To this end, the first step is to consider dementia with reference to relational autonomy. These people are dependent on help, particularly due to the physical and mental impairments that become increasingly apparent in the course of dementia. In this context, a relational understanding of autonomy seems useful. In a second step, AI-based care robots and their current capabilities are presented. In the third step, ethical challenges and opportunities that arise from the integration of these machines for people with dementia are presented. To this end, the notion of relational autonomy is used on the one hand, and on the other hand, special reference is made to (1) a new interaction, (2) mobility, and (3) communication. It will be shown that relational aspects of autonomy can be realized to a certain extent by these robot companions, thus contributing to the care for people with dementia.
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