The National Reference Centre for Alzheimer's and Dementia care (CREA) has a program of non-pharmacological therapies (NPT) to which new interventions are incorporated, adapting to social and technological changes.
Robotherapy, the use of social robots in the form of animals, is a NPT that has attracted great interest in recent years. Numerous studies have shown that robotherapy has benefits in the social, affective, physiological and behavioural areas, and can have an impact on the quality of life of the person with dementia.
In this regard, two studies have been carried out recently by CREA the first of them to assess the effectiveness of the Paro robotic seal in reducing psychological or behavioural symptoms and improving quality of life; while the second consisted of a comparison of the responses generated by Paro or a puppy dog.