Robot Pets and VR Headsets Can Reduce Older Adults’ Loneliness. So Why Don’t They?

Older Americans are facing an epidemic of growing loneliness. Startups are finding ways that technology can help. The hard part is bringing them together.

America has the highest percentage globally older adults living aloneAccording to Pew Research Center. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long warned that social isolation Contributes to many health problemsincluding dementia and depression.