Webinar May 26: Improving Quality of Life for Care Recipients
The webinar "Improving quality of life for care recipients", held on Friday, May 26, went through research on animals and digital therapy animals in...
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Robotic pets
Research on robot animals in elderly care
Research on robot animals in elderly care shows they can have a positive effect on health and wellbeing for older adults with dementia, according...
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Robotic pets
How to clean robot animals and digital therapy animals
Digital therapy animals should never be machine washed but cleaned by hand with a non-toxic spray and antibacterial wet wipes. Wera Welltech's own tests...
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Service development
Clarify responsibility with HUKI
HUKI is a model for allocating responsibility in projects and processes with multiple parties involved — Accountable, Responsible, Consulted and Informed — equivalent to...
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Welfare technology
Webinar: The benefits of robot animals
The webinar on the benefits of robot animals was held on March 10, 2023, with sociologist David Redmalm, who presented his research on robot...
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Service development
ChatGPT on the future of elderly care
In January 2023, Wera Welltech tested OpenAI's newly launched ChatGPT by asking questions about the role of digitalization in the future of elderly care,...
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Welfare technology
Collaboration with Hand Hund & Hälsa
Wera Welltech is collaborating with Jessica Svensson, CEO of Hand Hund & Hälsa and an experienced social service dog handler, to develop material on...
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Webinar: Creating value with digital therapy animals (March 10)
On March 10, Wera Welltech and Hand Hund & Hälsa held a free webinar on how digital therapy animals can create real value in...
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Meet Wera Welltech at the e-health trade fair in Stockholm
Wera Welltech exhibited at the e-health fair MVTe in Kista on January 25–26, 2023, at booth E:01, showcasing digital companion animals as well as...
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Welfare technology
Dogs more popular than cats — but not among robot animals
According to a survey from Folksam, nearly six out of ten prefer dogs over cats, and the share increases with age. Among digital therapy...
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Welfare technology
2022 stimulus funding for dementia care
In 2022 there was over 790 million SEK in state stimulus funding available to digitalize elderly care: 182.1 million via SKR for organizational development...
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Silviahemmet wants to buy the dementia home Hattstugan
Silviahemmet, the Queen's foundation, wants to buy the dementia care home Hattstugan in southern Gotland, which has been for sale for two years ahead...
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