Robotic Pets Comfort Dementia Patients
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Robotic pets comfort dementia patients. The official site of joy for all robotic therapy pets. These encounters with therapeutic pets also reduce a patient s reliance on psychotropic medications for calming. Shop our cats and pups today. Dementia patients who regularly engage with robotic pets are less depressed and agitated according to a study published in psychiatry research this past january.
With realistic fur and pet like sounds and sensors that respond to petting and hugs with familiar pet like actions companion pets deliver a soothing joyful experience that inspire smiles laughter and fond memories. However this cat doesn t. But they re so much more than soft fur and cheeky woofs. Robotic pets comfort dementia patients december 25 2018 04 50 pm wnyt most afternoons you ll find 81 year old tom clark snoozing with his pet cat aspen on his lap.
Aspen the cat is an excellent example among other similar robots that also play the same function. A rehabilitation center in lancaster pennsylvania is introducing its dementia patients to some new furry friends through a robotic pet therapy program. Thanks to built in sensor technology companion pets respond to petting and motion much like the pets you know and love but don t require any special care or feeding. Our pets make a great gift for seniors with alzheimer s or dementia.
Our story our team solutions. The organization began its delivery of over 375 therapeutic robot pets to alzheimer s disease and related dementia patients who are socially isolated due to covid 19. Nursing homes for the elderly are now turning to robot cats and dogs to offer comfort to dementia patients. Cats pup kitten about us.
The interactive pets have. And the robots appear to be helping in alleviating dementia symptoms. Our pets make a great gift for seniors with alzheimer s or dementia. The two way interaction helps create a personally.