Industry Note:
Animal Therapy Helpful For Dementia Patients, New Study Shows
Published on Fri Dec 06, 2013
A new study suggests your patients may benefit from interaction with animals. Therapy animals help to ease aggression and depression in nursing home residents suffering from dementia, according to a study published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. The researchers studied 65 nursing home residents with dementia who were assigned Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) as part of their treatment over [...]