'Bringing respite in the burden of illness'–dog handlers' experience of visiting older persons with dementia together with a therapy dog

A Swall, B Ebbeskog, C Lundh Hagelin… - Journal of clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
… of dog handlers’ when visiting older persons with dementia with their therapy dog. … of
the phenomenon, the experience of dog handlers visiting older persons with dementia with a …

Dog‐assisted therapy for older people with dementia: A review

J Perkins, H Bartlett, C Travers… - Australasian journal on …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
… It is also difficult to draw conclusions regarding the optimal amount of dog visitation for older
… lack of detail in the reported studies regarding the therapy dog(s) used. Only Richeson and …

Can therapy dogs evoke awareness of one's past and present life in persons with A lzheimer′ s disease?

A Swall, B Ebbeskog, C Lundh Hagelin… - … journal of older …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… to the research of older persons with dementia that receive AAT with a therapy … with persons
with dementia. The visits of the therapy dog team in this study aimed to engage with persons

[图书][B] " Being in the present": the meaning of the interaction between older persons with Alzheimer's disease and a therapy dog

A Swall - 2015 - search.proquest.com
… directed by the dog handler, where the person was comfortable and … therapy dog team’s
presence with the person with Alzheimer’s disease induced meaning that allowed the person

Stepping out of the shadows of Alzheimer's disease: a phenomenological hermeneutic study of older people with Alzheimer's disease caring for a therapy dog

A Swall, B Ebbeskog, C Lundh Hagelin… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… The present study contributes to knowledge about older people with AD caring for a therapy
dog. AAT with a therapy dog is said to affect people with dementia by minimizing agitation …

The benefit of pets and animal‐assisted therapy to the health of older individuals

EP Cherniack, AR Cherniack - Current gerontology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
… interacted with trained pet therapy dogs. The participants either … to and during an animal
therapy session with a dog [10]. The … In addition to the trials of animal therapy in older persons

[PDF][PDF] Effects of a therapy dog program on the wellbeing of older Veterans living in a long term care residence

C Dell, D Chalmers, J Gillett, M Steeves… - …, 2018 - human-animal-interaction.org
… with a therapy dog brought back fond memories for older adult war veterans, and provided
an opportunity to reminisce. Attention to the role of reminiscence is growing in the older adult …

Dog visiting programs for managing depressive symptoms in older adults: a meta-analysis

M Borgi, B Collacchi, A Giuliani, F Cirulli - The Gerontologist, 2020 - academic.oup.com
… Depression occurring in older persons is commonly associated with lower quality of life, …
on the more appropriate terminology to define the therapeutic use of animals, we included …

The effect of a therapy dog on socialization and physiological indicators of stress in persons diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease

K Batson, B McCabe, MM Baun… - Companion animals in …, 1998 - books.google.com
… of institutionalized persons with Alzheimer's. Thus, the purposes of this study were to examine
the effect of the short-term presence of a therapy dog on socialization and physiological …

Benefits of dog-assisted therapy in patients with dementia residing in aged care centers in Spain

E Vegue Parra, JM Hernández Garre… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
… Each team was composed of a DAT technician and their therapy dog. The formation of the
… Based on the above findings, we conclude that assisted therapy with dogs has beneficial …