Includes info on robot dementia assist pets (robot dogs).
- The New Breed of Service Dog: Canine Caregivers for Dementia and Alzheimer’s Patients
- Good Dogs: Dementia Service Dogs Provide Patients, Caregivers With Improved Quality of Life
- Dementia Assistance Dogs
- Assistance Dogs for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Patients
- Published studies:
Stepping out of the shadows of Alzheimer’s disease: a phenomenological hermeneutic study of older people with Alzheimer’s disease caring for a therapy dog - Effectiveness of the dog therapy for patients with dementia – a systematic review
- Robotic pets delight patients with dementia
- Robotic Pets To The Rescue? Dementia Care Gets Innovative
- Is this robotic therapy pet the uncanny valley of dog?
- https://www.wired.com/story/the-second-coming-of-the-robot-pet/
- Research articles:
Pet robot intervention for people with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. - The Utilization of Robotic Pets in Dementia Care.
- How do “robopets” impact the health and well‐being of residents in care homes? A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative evidence
- Effect of an interactive therapeutic robotic animal on engagement, mood states, agitation and psychotropic drug use in people with dementia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol
- Use of a Robotic Seal as a Therapeutic Tool to Improve Dementia Symptoms: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
- Robotic Pets: A Senior’s Best Friend?
