Tens of thousands of older adults in New York are getting all the benefits of a furry friend – without the responsibility – thanks to a program that gives animatronic pets to seniors. The idea for the ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A Sisters nonprofit, Romeo's Joy , is bringing love and companionship to seniors with disabilities in an unusual way - through animatronic pets. They provide them to seniors with ...

Bob Spinelli is lonely. He has been chewing on the idea of getting a puppy for a while, but at 64 and dealing with health ...

A Nassau County extended care facility has enlisted the help of some unusual furry companions to combat the loneliness that seniors can experience. Studies show pets positively affect human health — ...

I know dozens of tech-savvy senior citizens relying on the latest technology to help with their lives. Take my own parents, for example: Every morning, my 83-year-old dad rehabs his new Tivanium alloy ...

The Chemung County resident was skeptical. He'd heard good things about the New York state Office for the Aging's Animatronic Pets Program, but wasn't sure how his wife, whose cognitive decline was ...

LANSING — Laughter, yips and purrs filled the halls of Eaton County Health & Rehabilitation Services on Thursday, rare sounds of delight in a nursing home where residents spent a year hunkered down as ...