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Luginia — A Companion Cat on Trial

luginia.store ↗ · Human Services · score 83.0
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Luginia offers lifelike companion cats with simulated heartbeat, breathing, and purring for people with dementia and their families.

Why it surfaced

This unusually specific pilot program treats the product as a temporary, testable source of comfort rather than a replacement for care: families in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria can try Percy 2.0 and return it without a long-term commitment. The founder says he would rather learn from a few families than grow quickly, giving the page an unusually candid human scale.

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Luginia offers lifelike companion cats for people with dementia, rented through a small pilot program in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.