title: Robotic pet therapy in long-term care.
authors.affiliation: Traci Sicurella is a lecturer and the BSN program coordinator and Virginia Fitzsimmons is a professor and the PhD program coordinator at Kean University in Union, N.J.
authors.forename: Traci
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sicurella
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fitzsimmons
mesh_terms: D056447:Animal Assisted Therapy; D003704:Dementia / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008134:Long-Term Care; D061214:Patient Safety; D012371:Robotics; D016896:Treatment Outcome