My mother has Alzheimer's and I just got her one of those robotic cats.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

24. Wow, I had no idea that robotic cats existed.

I have already told my son (and mentioned it again earlier this evening when we spoke) that if he ever has to put me in a nursing home be sure to find one with resident cats. By the time I was three years old I was dragging home stray cats, making my mother, who did not like cats, quite crazy. I can't imagine I could get so senile I wouldn't still love cats.

Hopefully, I will get to choose my own nursing home, but son has been told.

Right now I have no cats because my life is such that it would be completely irresponsible of me to have even a potted plant. Well, a friend did give me a poinsettia last week, and I will do my best to keep it alive as long as possible, but I travel a lot, and have two two week long trips coming up in the spring, so unless my neighbor is willing to adopt the poinsettia, that may be the end for it.

Of course to me, those cats don't look quite real, but it clearly doesn't matter to the residents, which is the most important thing.