Developing effective animal-assisted intervention programs involving visiting dogs for institutionalized geriatric patients: A pilot study

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 143-150

  Berry, Alessandra ^a   Borgi, Marta ^a   Terranova, Livia ^a   Chiarotti, Flavia ^b   Alleva, Enrico ^a   Cirulli, Francesca ^a  

^a Behavioural Neuroscience Unit   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animal facilitated therapy; Cortisol; Dog; Elderly; Enrichment

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOG; FEMALE; GDS 15; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY; ANIMALS; DEPRESSION; DOGS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRICS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; ITALY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALIVA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84866541989     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2011.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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