Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness of Robot Therapy With the Paro Robot in People Living With Dementia

"Participants allocated to the PARO Therapy Robot group will receive three group robot therapy sessions per week for 12 weeks, in addition to continuing their standard care.~Robot therapy session will last 20 minutes. The sessions will be partially guided, intending to allow participants to interact with the robot seal freely for as long as possible, but redirecting the activity if necessary. The sessions will be conducted in group format, in groups of 4 users, with participants sitting in a circle around a table. The professional conducting the sessions will be a therapist with experience in NPT for people living with dementia, and who has attended the training session on the study intervention protocol.~The sessions will be structured as follows:~1. Welcome and presentation.~2. Main activity with PARO.~3. PARO cleaning.~4. End of session. A total of 13 different sessions are proposed, to be conducted in a cyclical manner (each session 3 times, except sessions 1 and 2)."