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Creature comforts
 — [importance of pet ownership in care homes]
Author(s)Natalie Valios
Journal titleCommunity Care, issue 1754, 22 January 2009
Pagespp 26-27
Sourcehttp://www.communitycare.co.uk
KeywordsPet keeping ; Care homes ; Sheltered housing ; Social surveys ; Literature reviews.
AnnotationThe importance of pet ownership in care homes to older people is often underestimated, but there is evidence that it can help their well-being. This article reports on 'Pets and older people in residential care', a study of 234 care homes and sheltered housing units, which comments on progress since a similar study in 1995 by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). The present study, by June McNicholas, is available on the Society for Companion Animals website (www.scas.org.uk/petsforlife) along with other information. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-090123205 A
ClassmarkHVT: KW: KLA: 3F: 64A *

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