The effect of dog companionship on perception of loneliness in geriatric nursing home residents (CROSBI ID 626228)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Vrbanac, Zoran ; Grgičević, Iva ; Ljubić, Marijana ; Jurkić, Gabrijela ; Mudrinić, Ana Kristina ; Žubčić, Damir
engleski
The effect of dog companionship on perception of loneliness in geriatric nursing home residents
Use of animals for therapeutic purposes (AAT) is a method for improving life quality of long term inpatients. The object of this paper was to determine the possibility of dog companionship as a form of AAT and its effect on reducing the perception of loneliness with people in geriatric nursing home. The participants were involved in a 6 month programe of AAT. There wrere 21 residents 80 years old in average. The results before and after the program have shown that the dog companionship reduces the perception of loneliness.
animal assisted therapy; geriatric nursing; loneliness
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Podaci o prilogu
102-102.
2007.
objavljeno
Podaci o matičnoj publikaciji
XIIIth EUROPEAN FECAVA CONGRESS Scientific Proceedings
Davorin Lukman
Podaci o skupu
XIIIth EUROPEAN FECAVA CONGRESS
predavanje
29.03.2007-01.04.2007
Cavtat, Hrvatska; Dubrovnik, Hrvatska