OLDER PEOPLE AND PETS
Written by Jo-Ann Dono, Elizabeth Ormerod
Published by Society For Companion Animal Studies
in 2005
ISBN: 0954800117
- Categorised in:
- DOGS
- PETS
- DOGS (FACTUAL)
OLDER PEOPLE AND PETS
Written by Jo-Ann Dono, Elizabeth Ormerod.
Stock no. 1208590
1st.
2005.
Softcover.
Fine condition.
An insight into how companion animals improve health, provide social support and enhance the quality of life for older people in different settings, those living in the community as well as those in sheltered housing and residential care homes. Pictorial card wraps. A few colour photos. 206 pages. ISBN: 0954800117. A fine unused copy.
Front cover
Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- CHAPTERS
- 1 The benefits of pets for older people: A review
- June McNicholas and Alison Murray
- 2 Appropriate pet selection: which owner, which animal?
- Anne McBride
- 3 Animal-assisted therapy and animal-assisted activities
- Susan Dawson and Bill Campbell
- 4 AAT and AAA: Guidelines for programme planning and implementation
- Elizabeth Ormerod
- 5 Housing: issues, policies, solutions
- Anne McBride
- 6 Assistance Dog partnerships and older people
- Claire Guest
- 7 Companion animal loss: Understanding and supporting older people
- Susan Dawson and Bill Campbell
- 8 Alternative opportunities for animal contact
- Elizabeth Ormerod
- 9 Sources of advice and support for older people
- Compiled by SCAS