robotics

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Indications

robotic pets keep older adults more active, calm agitation, & provide social stimuli
socially assistive robots can help people make behavioral changes^[3]

↑ Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9) Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2016
↑ Pearce AJ, Adair B, Miller K et al Robotics to enable older adults to remain living at home. J Aging Res. 2012;2012:538169. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23304507 Free PMC Article
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Abbasi J Socially Assistive Robots Help Patients Make Behavioral Changes. JAMA. Published online June 7, 2017. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28593246 <Internet> http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2631569