Robotic Pets Can Dramatically Improve The Lives Of Older Adults With Dementia And Depression

Robotic Pets Can Dramatically Improve The Lives Of Older Adults With Dementia And Depression

Feb 26, 2025 | Press

As millions of older adults across the United States continue to experience loneliness and social isolation, non-profit organizations like Capital Caring Health in Washington, D.C. are turning to robotic pets as a low-cost, high-impact solution. Over the past 4 years, Capital Caring has donated thousands of robotic pets to older adults locally, regionally, and nationally, offering a potential, scalable solution to the nation’s loneliness epidemic.

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For America’s lonely seniors, robot pets are more than a novelty

For America’s lonely seniors, robot pets are more than a novelty

Feb 5, 2025 | Featured Posts, Press

Technology is often viewed as a contributor to our culture’s epidemic of loneliness and isolation, but one company is trying to prove the opposite. Ageless Innovation’s meowing “cats,” wagging “dogs,” and chirping “birds” have lifted the spirits of many seniors, with numerous state-sponsored programs funding the interactive, animatronic pets for veterans and those in hospice care. Three Washington, D.C. wards recently began distributing the Joy for All Companion Pets to residents 60 and older.

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Paws for Healing: How Robotic Pets are Helping Veterans Reconnect

Paws for Healing: How Robotic Pets are Helping Veterans Reconnect

Feb 1, 2025 | Press

Animals bring a wealth of benefits to people, especially those dealing with physical and mental health conditions. However, having a pet isn’t always an option for the people who need them most due to communal living, allergies, etc. But a partnership between Capital Caring Health, part of the nation’s largest not-for-profit advanced illness care and hospice provider, Chapters Health System, and Ageless Innovation, the award-winning Joy for All Companion Pets makers, is changing that narrative.

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