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Older people's relationships with companion animals
— a pilot study | | Author(s) | Lauren Prosser, Mardie Townsend, Petra Staiger |
| Journal title | Nursing Older People, vol 20, no 3, April 2008 |
| Pages | pp 29-32 |
| Source | http://www.nursingolderpeople.co.uk |
| Keywords | Pet keeping ; Therapy ; Personal relationships ; Nursing homes ; Pilot ; Australia. |
| Annotation | When older people enter residential care, disruption to social networks may occur, with detrimental effects on health and wellbeing. This article reports on a study undertaken in an aged care facility in Melbourne, Australia, that explored the potential for a visiting companion animal programme to improve the health and wellbeing of residents and to promote their capacity for building relationships. Results back assertions in the literature that companion animals foster relationships by giving people opportunities to interact with others, but further study is needed to verify the link. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080521201 A |
| Classmark | HVT: LO: DS: LHB: 4UC: 7YA |
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