The Body of Knowledge helps to support person-focused development of healthcare robotic technology to tackle healthy ageing and wellbeing in the community by providing guidance and resources which address the challenges to acceptability, adoption and deployment.
Read the Robotics in Health and Social Care White Paper Below. Please email Praminda.Caleb-Solly@nottingham.ac.uk for a PDF copy.
Robotics in Health and Social Care White Paper Oct 2025.pdf
Section 1: Understanding requirements
1.1 Ageing Society
1.2 Healthy ageing and wellbeing
1.3 Tackling ageism
1.4 Perspectives of older adults: Health and Social care
1.5 Perspectives of older adults: Environment
1.6 Perspectives of older adults: Technology
1.7 Guidance and Tools
Section 2: Co-design and Co-production
2.1 The importance of co-design and co-production
2.2 Engaging older adults in co-design and co-production
2.3 Approaches to co-production with older adults
2.4 Guidance and Tools
Section 3: Ethics, Safety and Regulations
3.1 The importance of ethics, safety and regulations
3.2 Ethical considerations for the integration of technologies to support healthy ageing
3.3 Safety considerations for the integration of technologies to support healthy ageing
3.4 Regulatory considerations for the integration of technologies to support healthy ageing
3.5 Guidance and Tools
Section 4: Future Care Workforce
4.1 Technology in health and social care
4.2 Perspectives of healthcare professionals: Health and social care for older adults
4.3 Perspectives of healthcare professionals: Environments of care for older adults
4.4 Perspectives of healthcare professionals: Assistive technologies for older adults
4.5 Engaging healthcare professionals in co-design and co-production
4.6 Guidance and Tools
