Robotic Pets For Alzheimer S Patients

According to research pets can be good for dementia patients as they help alleviate anxiety agitation loneliness and depression.

Robotic pets for alzheimer s patients. Tombot ceo and creator tom stevens learned this firsthand when he tried to find a robotic companion for his mother who had to give up her beloved dog after being diagnosed with alzheimer s. Dementia patients who regularly engage with robotic pets are less depressed and agitated according to a study published in psychiatry research this past january. Here is how robot pets are helpful for the elderly and dementia patients. Robotic pets can help your dementia patients.

These realistic robotic pets that help seniors with dementia have rave reviews on amazon your elderly parents can comfort cuddle and care for these lifelike cats and dogs. They are designed to provide animal therapy which helps in reducing stress in both patients and caregivers the robot pets are interactive therefore reducing a communication gap between patients and caregivers these have. These encounters with therapeutic pets also reduce a patient s reliance on psychotropic medications for calming. And the robots appear to be helping in alleviating dementia symptoms.