Limited research is available regarding the effect of doll therapy on residents with dementia. The introduction of dolls in long-term care settings in Korea is at the beginning stage; to date, no published Korean articles exist on this topic. Moreover, most published research comprises anecdotal case re- ports, pilot studies, investigations of attitudes of health care professionals and case studies (Mitchell & Temple ton, 2014). t is timely to move toward a scientific research phase to evaluate the effects of doll therapy on residents with dementia