“…Despite some staff and family members viewing dolls as patronising or infantilising (Hubbard & Olsen, 2016;Braden & Gaspar, 2015;Shin, 2015;Hahn, 2015;Mitchell & Templeton, 2014;James, Mackenzie, & Mukaetova-Ladinska, 2006;Alander, Prescott, & James, 2015), all 12 articles agreed regarding the positive impact of offering dolls to care home residents with dementia, including: improved communication and social interaction (Ng, Ho, Koh, Tan, & Chan, 2017;Mitchell, McCormack, and McCance, 2016;Alander et al 2015;Shin, 2015;Bisiani & Angus, 2013;Cohen-Mansfield, Marx, Dakheel-Ali, Regier, and Thein, 2010); reduced anxiety (Alander et al 2015;Bisiani & Angus, 2013); and reduction in behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (Cantarella, Borella, Faggian, Navuzzi, & De Beni, 2018). Mitchell et al (2016) reported an improvement in eating, however, Cantarella et al (2018) did not. Dolls also provided a tangible object to be cared for, offering companionship and a sense of connectedness and inclusion (Alander et al 2015), and reducing loneliness (Bisiani & Angus, 2013).…”