Research Articles

• “Woof, Woof! Robotic Pets Boost Senior Well-Being (GSA 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting)” — Medscape
• “The Potential Benefits of Companion Robotic Pets on the Quality of Life Among Community-Dwelling Older Women” — NIH / PubMed
• “Robotic Pets Can Dramatically Improve the Lives of Older Adults With Dementia and Depression” — Forbes (Feb 2025)
• “2024 National Poll on Aging — Loneliness Among Adults 50–80” — University of Michigan
• “Robot Pets: A New Frontier in Combating Loneliness Among Older Adults” — Impact Lab

• “Impact of Pet Ownership in Early Childhood on Mental Health — INMA Project (2025)” — VetNote
• “Pet Caregiving, Social Well-being and Nature Connection Among Children (2024)” — VetNote / Taiwan Study
• “The Relationship Between Humane Interactions with Animals, Empathy, and Prosocial Behavior among Children” — Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin
• “Benefits of Pets for Kids” — Children's Hospital Colorado

• “The Use of Robotic Pets by Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Scoping Review” — International Journal of Social Robotics (2022)
• “Caring's 2024 Dementia Care Survey” — Caring.com
• “PARO Therapeutic Robot — Clinical Evidence Summary” — Pacific Neuroscience Institute

Full Research Library — Senior Wellbeing

1. “Studies Show Benefits of Robotic Pets for Loved Ones With Dementia, Loneliness” — AARP
2. “Impacts of Low-cost Robotic Pets for Older Adults” — National Institutes of Health / PMC
3. “Robotic Pet Use Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults” — Oxford Academic
4. “Robotic Pets Can Dramatically Improve the Lives of Older Adults With Dementia and Depression” — Forbes / Well Beings
5. “Effect of a Robot Pet Companion on the Mood of Older Adults” — PubMed / American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
6. “Effect of Social Robots on Depression and Loneliness” — ScienceDirect / JAMDA
7. “Robotic Pets Provide Comfort to Dementia Patients” — Pacific Neuroscience Institute
8. “ElliQ AI Companion Robot Review” — WIRED
9. “Companion Robots to Mitigate Loneliness Among Older Adults” — Frontiers in Psychology
10. “Wired for Companionship” — The Gerontologist / Oxford Academic
11. “Intelligent Robot Interventions for People With Dementia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials” — Journal of Medical Internet Research
12. “Implementing Robotic Pets in Continuing Care Settings: A Scoping Review of Barriers and Facilitators” — Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
13. “Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Effects on Cognitive Decline in Patients With Dementia” — Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring