How Can Pet Robots Be Embedded Into Nursing Homes as Part of Routine Dementia Care?

In the last decades, pet robots have started to gain traction as a technology‐based alternatives for animal‐assisted therapy. Several studies have been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of pet robots for people living with dementia, particularly in residential care settings. Despite findings of their potential to deliver psychosocial benefits for nursing home residents with dementia, the knowledge translation from research to clinical practice remains slow, and the uptake of pet robots in clinical practice remains low. The purpose of this study was to identify strategies to guide the implementation of pet robots into routine dementia care in nursing homes.