Robotic Pets For Alzheimer S Patients

Here is how robot pets are helpful for the elderly and dementia patients.

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. Whether it be a fluffy dog a cat or even a fish in the aquarium they all bring companionship unconditional love and fun to the dementia patient. 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. And the robots appear to be helping in alleviating dementia symptoms. Pet therapy is commonly undertaken to help people cope with a health problem or mental disorder and now more and more studies are being undertaken to prove the fantastic effects of simulation pets on those with alzheimer s disease. 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.