Animal-Assisted Therapy for Elderly Schizophrenic Patients: A One-Year Controlled Trial

Petmanship: Understanding Elderly Filipinos' Self-Perceived Health and Self-Esteem Captured from their Lived Experiences with Pet Companions

“…By and large, the elderly pet owners realize the need to take good care of their health to be able to take good care of their pets. This is further supported by other research findings indicating that pets provide people motivation for self-care (Barak, Savorai, Mavashev, & Beni, 2001;Banks & Banks, 2002).…”

Animal-Assisted Therapy and Agitation and Depression in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia: A Matched Case–Control Trial

“…24 Promising results have been observed by previous authors examining the effect of AAT in dementia sufferers with anxiety or agitation, 25e28 on social behavior in dementia, 25,29 and in elderly people with schizophrenia. 30 Moreover, we found dog-assisted interventions ameliorated anxiety in hospitalized patients with episodes of major depression. 31 Previous studies in patients with dementia differ regarding the setting (outpatients 26 versus nursing home residents 28 or psychiatric inpatients 27 ), and frequency and duration (resident dogs 32 versus visiting dogs 28 ) of the intervention.…”

The Occupation of Pet Ownership as an Enabler of Community Integration in Serious Mental Illness: A Single Exploratory Case Study

“…For persons with mental illness in sheltered settings, pets were linked to improved social functioning (Barak, Savorai, Mavashev, & Beni, 2001;Haughie, Milne, & Elliot, 1992;Kovács, Kis, Rózsa, & Rózsa, 2004;Marr et al, 2000;Nathans-Barel, Feldman, Berger, Modai, & Silver, 2005). At the same time, the social integration outcomes 178 U. Zimolag and T. Krupa associated with pet ownership were not supported by two studies (CrowleyRobinson & Blackshaw, 1998;Stallones, Marx, Garrity, & Johnson, 1990).…”