Formal caregivers' perceptions and experiences of using pet robots for persons living with dementia in long-term care: A meta-ethnography.

Journal: Journal of advanced nursing
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Abstract

AIM: To explore the formal caregivers' perceptions and experiences of using pet robots for persons living with dementia residing in long-term care settings and the factors influencing their perceptions by evaluating, integrating, and synthesizing findings from relevant international research articles using a meta-ethnography.

Authors

  • Anthony Scerri
    Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
  • Roberta Sammut
    Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
  • Charles Scerri
    Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.