Pet therapy Throughout the history, animals played very important role in human existence – protection. People always believe in animal’s supernatural power: for example, in Egypt people worshiped cats and believed in Bastet – a goddess with cat’s face who protected people from evil spirits (Mark, 2012). In present days, many people still believe in animal’s supernatural power and think that to have a pet in the house will help them to keep evil spirits away and keep households safe. Of course,
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Topic: Pet Therapy and The Elderly I. Introduction: Humans were not destined to live in isolation, but to establish meaningful relationships and companionships with others. Thesis: Pet therapy has made a substantial and positive impact on the affected elderly since it has improved social stimulation behaviors, provides emotional and physiological stability and alleviates the symptoms of depression. II. Body 1.) Pet therapy improves social stimulation behaviors.(Condit, 2010) A
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Anthrozoose, 19(2), 1. Pets are believed to have a positive effect on people and their ability to interact with others, enhance their perception and lower anxiety. For this study four video tapes were presented to 85 subjects who were all students at the University of Toronto. Two therapists made two different video tapes introducing themselves as psychotherapists and the methods they use in their therapy. One video was of the therapist alone and the other was with them and their pet, in this case a dog
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As I stated before, pet therapy is used in order to treat patients who wrestle with emotional and mental behavioral disorders in their daily lives (Dogtime 1). This is not a new experimental therapy, in fact more than 150 years ago the use of pets in the medical field started to become popular (Rovner 1). The natural human instinct of the fear of being judged and the difficulties of opening up can cause stress in a patient's life. Animals, on the other hand, accept people for who they are without
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Future plans My future plans with my Pet Therapy Capstone project is to continue to go and contribute even if it is just as a volunteer to one of these facilities, so that the continuation of pet therapy does not stop there. Obviously the pet will be there visiting in the facility and interact with patients/residents on a positive noted, but also improve nurse-to-patient interaction and communication. To help address the issue of separation identified in some of the residents presented with the
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Presenting Problem I will begin with a problem related to sexual abuse and the ensuing family problems and legal issues following it. I am currently working in my field placement at Lifespan Family Services, (LFS), with a 16-year-old boy who was discharged from a residential treatment facility to a foster home from this agency. The boy we will call Brian, was referred by the Jefferson County Probation Department with the goal of transitioning him back to the home of his maternal grandparents who
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When I first started the basic search I used the words pet ownership, beneficial, and health. The search options I used were to find any of my search terms, publication year 2005-2015, and English. This search generated 572 116 results. There were too many results to determine the relevance of these search results. I then used a basic search again using all the same search parameters as the first search, and typing in the question, “Is pet ownership beneficial to people’s health? If yes, why?”
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H Services I Comments 1 24 Pet Watch pet protection Services http://www.24petwatch.com/ P.O Box 2150, Buffalo, NY 14240-2150 866-597-2424 (1) $1,500/Year, (2)$3,000/Year , (3)$20,000/Year 2 4530 Richmond Road, Cleveland, OH 44128 Dog (1) English Bulldog 2 San Antonio $37.88 per month Dog Great Dane 6 Houston $64.69 per month Cat Domestic Shorthair 5 Dallas $307.83 per YEAR Cat Tabby 2 Austin $23.44 per month 2 Embrace Pet Insurance Agency http://www.embracepetinsurance
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Two breeds of cats that make great pets are Burmese and Ragdoll. Cats are proven to help lower blood pressure and relieve stress; they are good companions for the elderly and are great low maintenance pets. Therefore, everyone should own a cat because cats are great stress relievers and help lower blood pressure, make good companions to the elderly, are an easy care pet, especially the Ragdoll and Burmese breeds. Two different breeds of cats that make great pets are the Burmese and the Ragdoll
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of therapy dogs, they were provided to people living in retirement homes, nursing homes and even in hospitals. They are also in schools and educational centers as an assist to children who have difficulties learning. From the first therapy dog known, smoky, therapy dogs have evolved over the years, therapy dogs now also serve as service dogs, helping people with autism and PTSD. Therapy dogs help children to become better readers by being a good listener. One of the illnesses that dog therapy has
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