Sally Whelan RGN, MA (Nurse Education) is a Ph.D. Candidate at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She has worked as a Registered Nurse in clinical practice since 1986 and earned an M.A. in Nurse Education at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Galway in 2014. She teaches on postgraduate clinical education programmes. Her research explores the potential for robotic technologies to increase the resilience and social connectedness of people living with dementia.