Can Social Robots Help the Elderly?

Can Social Robots Help the Elderly?

There is a shortage of in-home care aids and nursing facilities also struggle to remain fully staffed.

Some researchers and advocates for aging people believe that eventually robots may be able to help with caretaking in both a social capacity and also through assistive tasks in the home and in long-term care facilities like assisted living.

Older age, depression, loneliness all contribute to significant risk for dementia, cognitive decline

Loneliness, social isolation, living alone are ‘significant’ risk factors for older adult mortality, study finds

Loneliness, social isolation and living alone are significant risk factors for mortality, particularly in older adults, according to the results of a new study.

Researchers from Greece, Italy and Canada analyzed 86 previous studies to quantify the relationships between those social dynamics and mortality risk. Their findings were published in the journal Aging Clinical and Experimental Research