Implementing Affordable Socially Assistive Pet Robots in Care Homes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stratified Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial and Mixed Methods Study
BackgroundRobot pets may assist in the challenges of supporting an aging population with growing dementia prevalence. Prior work has focused on the impacts of the robot seal Paro on older adult well-being, but recent studies have suggested the good acceptability and implement...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JMIR Publications
2022-08-01
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| Series: | JMIR Aging |
| Online Access: | https://aging.jmir.org/2022/3/e38864 |