Animal-Assisted Interventions in Dutch Nursing Homes: A Survey

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 647-653

  Schuurmans, Lonneke ^a,b   Enders Slegers, Marie Jose ^a   Verheggen, Theo ^a   Schols, Jos ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Nursing and Rehabilitation   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

animal welfare; Animal assisted interventions; hygiene; nursing homes; safety; survey

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ANIMAL ASSISTED INTERVENTION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOG; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MENTAL PATIENT; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RABBIT; RECREATION; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN-ANIMAL BOND; THERAPY;

ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; HYGIENE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; SAFETY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 84966549054     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.03.015     Document Type: Article

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