A team of researchers from the University of Southern California believe that robots can help assist more efficiently with stroke recovery than what traditional treatment plans have been able to accomplish. According to the USC … [Read more...]
Is It Possible to Automate Senior Care?
After COVID-19 and the resulting pandemic exposed shortcomings in the global senior care system, a lot of questions have been raised about ways that the system itself can be improved. No one wants to ever see elderly folk suffer for a lack … [Read more...]
Can Robots Really Reduce Loneliness?
New research shows that robots can have a big impact on the feelings of loneliness that elderly folk experience. In particular, a robot named Pepper shows great potential for helping to improve mental health within senior care communities … [Read more...]
Robots in Care Homes?
One of the topics that keeps recurring in the world of senior care is the concept of robots being used more and more frequently in care homes. This happens with a bit more regularity in Eastern nations than what we see here in the U.S., but … [Read more...]
What are Care Robots?
Robots caring for the elderly? It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie, doesn’t it? As absurd as it might sound, some researchers are currently working on technology that is designed to assist in senior care in this … [Read more...]
Care Facility Uses Robotic “Cats” to Help Seniors
Being easily agitated, depression, and anxiety are all common symptoms for those that suffer from dementia. For those that are in otherwise good health, but suffer from cognitive functioning loss, these things can be overwhelmingly … [Read more...]
Robots and Senior Care: Not the Distant Future
Some people look at advances in technology with skepticism. It is stereotypical to say that the elderly are more likely to despise new tech items when they come out, but this stereotype has arisen out of an element of truth. Older people … [Read more...]
