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Assistive robots in the homes of aging adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 September 2020

Ryan Van Patten*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA Research Service, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Jacqueline Maye
Affiliation:
Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Ryan Van Patten, University of California San Diego, Psychiatry, Psychiatry, 9500 Gilman Drive, San Diego, CA92093, USA. Email: rvanpatten@ucsd.edu

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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2020

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