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Cure For Loneliness? Robotic Pets Going Out To Thousands Of Socially Isolated NYers Cure For Loneliness? Robotic Pets Going Out To Thousands Of Socially Isolated NYers
Cure For Loneliness? Robotic Pets Going Out To Thousands Of Socially Isolated NYers Call it four-legged companionship without the need for potty training. Thousands of animatronic pets are on their way to older, socially isolated New Yorkers in an effort to combat what experts describe as a crisis of loneliness. The state’s Office for the Aging (OFA) announced Sunday, June 3, that Rhode Island-based Ageless Innovation is delivering another 4,725 robotic pets and games to elderly adults through New York State’s aging network. Since 2018, OFA has distributed more than 31,500 of the plush, lifelike pets, which are designed to make realistic sounds and movements, to those ass…

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by Michael Mashburn
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COVID-19: Rockland County Cancels Seven Events COVID-19: Rockland County Cancels Seven Events
Covid-19: Rockland County Cancels Seven Events Out of an abundance of caution with the spread of the novel coronavirus, Rockland County is postponing several upcoming government meetings and events. All tours of the Fire Museum Office for the Aging, Advisory Council meeting, Wednesday, March 11 Division of Environmental Resources, Minisceongo Creek Watershed Alliance Networking Event, Wednesday, March 11 Division of Environmental Resources, Rockland County Water Quality Coordinating Committee Meeting, Tuesday, March 17 Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Symposium, Wednesday, March 25 Office for the Aging, Senior Emergency Preparednes…

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by Kathy Reakes