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Cats can be of special benefit to elderly people, who often fail to feed themselves properly. Feeding their cat stimulates them to eat, too, and their cat provides them with company while they are doing so.

Elderly people moving into retirement homes would certainly benefit if they could take their pet cat with them, but this is often impractical. For that reason some retirement homes keep one or more cats for the benefit of the residents.