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Simulated Presence Therapy for Dementia: What the Research Shows and Why It Works
By Kirstin Thomas
March 2026 · 14 min read
PMID 38646703 included 85 patients described as having senile dementia: 40 received routine nursing and 45 received routine nursing plus simulated presence therapy. Reported measures included agitation, protective-restraint duration, apathy, functional independence, depression, anxiety, clock-drawing performance, and caregiver burden; between-group findings were reported at p < 0.05. The abstract does not establish repetitive calling, telephone delivery, AI, interactive conversation, or outcomes for KindredMind.
Not a recording. A responsive presence.
KindredMind provides responsive familiar-voice conversation rather than a static recording. This is a product capability, not a claim that it reproduces a studied health outcome. Your voice. Your knowledge of them. Adapting to exactly where they are in this specific call.
Not because you can't be there. So that you always are.
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co-founder of KindredMind and Sharon's daughter. She has been her mother's primary caregiver since 2025. KindredMind was built because she needed it.
1 Duan Q, Liu X, Zhang A. Effects of simulated presence therapy on agitated behavior, cognition, and use of protective constraint among patients with senile dementia. Int J Neurosci. 2025;135(9):10701080. View on PubMed