For Anxious Dementia Patients, Robot Pets May Be A Solution - 10 views
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Jacquelyn Karney on 28 Jul 13I think that is interesting. I bet that a real pet would be better though
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It can show emotions such as surprise, happiness and anger, can learn its own name and learns to respond to words that its owner uses frequently.
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owever, the presence of animals in residential care home settings can place residents at risk of infection or injury and create additional duties for nursing staff. Robots would obviously alleviate that.