Vanderbilt University Partners With Ohio State University & Ohio Senior Living Communities To Test Robots To Curb Resident Loneliness & Apathy

Researchers from Vanderbilt University and The Ohio State University are working with senior living communities in Ohio to test robots as a tool to help residents in memory care units engage with each other and reduce the residents' levels of loneliness and apathy. The robots will be tested in an eight-week trial at two continuing care retirement communities: Ohio Living Westminster–Thurber in Columbus, and Chapel Hill Community, a United Church Homes life plan community in Canal Fulton.

According to a June 18, 2020, announcement by Vanderbilt University, the trial will test two humanoid and one animal-like robots . . .