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Research on Interactive Pets and Senior Wellbeing

A growing body of research suggests that interactive and robotic pets can meaningfully improve the lives of seniors — especially those facing loneliness, isolation, dementia, depression, or anxiety.

Articles on the Effect of Interactive Pets on Seniors

(Click to see summaries of articles.)

  1. “Studies Show Benefits of Robotic Pets for Loved Ones With Dementia, Loneliness” — AARP
  2. “Impacts of Low-cost Robotic Pets for Older Adults” — National Institutes of Health / PMC
  3. “Robotic Pet Use Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults” — Oxford Academic
  4. “Robotic Pets Can Dramatically Improve the Lives of Older Adults With Dementia and Depression” — Forbes / Well Beings
  5. “Effect of a Robot Pet Companion on the Mood of Older Adults” — PubMed / American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
  6. “Effect of Social Robots on Depression and Loneliness” — ScienceDirect / JAMDA
  7. “Robotic Pets Provide Comfort to Dementia Patients” — Pacific Neuroscience Institute
  8. “ElliQ AI Companion Robot Review” — WIRED
  9. “Companion Robots to Mitigate Loneliness Among Older Adults” — Frontiers in Psychology
  10. “Wired for Companionship” — The Gerontologist / Oxford Academic

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