Robo caregiver is coming

 from asahi.com:

Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a maneuver used to change diapers or prevent bedsores in the elderly. The 150-kg (330 lb) artificial intelligence-driven humanoid robot called AIREC is a prototype future “caregiver” for Japan’s rapidly ageing population and chronic shortage of aged-care workers.

Its “baby boomer” generation, a bulging cohort created by a spike in post-war child births from 1947 to 1949, all turned at least 75 by the end of 2024, exacerbating the severe shortage of aged care workers.

this is despite 57 thousand overseas caregivers.

here in the Philippines, the extended family still cares for the elderly. But the economy pushes a lot of the healthy younger adults to work overseas . Often Grandparents care for grandkids, but what comes when the grandkid go overseas and no one is left at home?

Until recently, the population here was still increasing, but in a recent article I read that even here the average number of children is approaching replacement level.