Gerontechnology companion: Virutal pets for dementia patients

2014 IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference, LISAT 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Machesney, Dawn ^a   Wexler, Sharon Stahl ^a   Chen, Tony ^a   Coppola, Jean F ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's Disease; Android; companion animals; elderly; lonliness; older adult; pet therapy; senior citizen; service animals; service dog; technology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; TECHNOLOGY;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; ANDROID; ELDERLY; LONLINESS; OLDER ADULTS; SENIOR CITIZENS; SERVICE-DOG;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84904430466     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LISAT.2014.6845226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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