For millions of older adults, loneliness is an ongoing crisis, posing serious repercussions for mental and physical health. Spending time with cats and dogs can go a long way towards easing loneliness ...
Cat owners moving into residential services that don’t allow animals often have no choice but to surrender their pets at a shelter. A Humane Fort Wayne program offers those people a high tech ...
A trial using robotic pets to tackle loneliness in care homes has been launched. West Berkshire Council's adult social care ...
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tombot, the robotics company that earned widespread acclaim at CES earlier this year for its lifelike robotic puppy, Jennie, announced today the successful close—and ...
A care home has introduced robotic dogs and cats to tackle loneliness among its residents. Stoneham Grove Care Home in ...
Raymond Houle Jr., 80, was terribly lonely after moving into a veterans’ home in Bristol, R.I. Pets weren’t allowed and he really missed the 14-year-old cat he had to give up. His mood began to ...