Robot companions can’t replace vital need for human connection in long-term care: expert
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A Montreal nursing home has welcomed Grace, an interactive humanoid robot that can keep residents company and reduce social isolation. Amid staffing shortages, are robots like this the answer? We talk to Goldie Nejat, a researcher with AGE-WELL, Canada’s technology and aging network; and Dr. Samir Sinha, director of geriatrics at Sinai Health and the University Health Network in Toronto.