Delta Society
Delta Society registers people and their pets as Pet Partners therapy animal teams to visit hospitals, schools, nursing homes and other facilities.
site: http://www.deltasociety.org/

Neither are cats Sterling and Aja, Tush-Cush the greyhound,
But as part of the Eden Alternative, a radical movement in the nursing home industry, these birds and animals are permanent fixtures in the newly
site: http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1997/vp971008/10080066.htm

Dog-Play: Visiting Pets and Animal Assisted Therapy
Taking pets, especially dogs, visiting people in health care facilities; therapy ranges from mental and physical stimulation;
site: http://www.dog-play.com/therapy.html

Pet Therapy: Healing, Recovery and Love ~ Pawprints and Purrs
"All over the world, major universities researching the therapueutic value of pets in our society and the number of hospitals, nursing ...
site: http://www.sniksnak.com/therapy.html

Society&Animal Forum - Society & Animals Journal
Committee on Pets in Society conducted a six month study of the interaction of 60 nursing home residents with a ...
site: http://www.psyeta.org/sa/sa1.1/perelle.html

The Role of Pets in Nursing Homes
The Role of Pets in Nursing Homes?and Psychotherapy ... short:"XL") has been volunteering at nursing homes or rehabilitation ...
site: http://www.mdpsyc.com/SP01_gGodenne.htm

Service and Therapy Dogs
... below, most hospitals and some nursing homes require a lot of paperwork before a therapy dog sets ...
site: http://www.cofc.edu/~huntc/service.html

Saturday Evening Post: The healing power of pets; nursing homes, ...
Full text of the article, 'The healing power of pets; nursing homes, hospitals, and even prisons are going to the dogs ? and other animals ...
site: http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1189/is_v258/ai_4433459

nbc6.net - Community - Program Brings Pets To Nursing Homes
... bringing the unconditional love of dogs to more than 45 nursing homes and children's centers across the U.S.
site: http://www.nbc6.net/community/9631207/detail.html

Pets in Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Animal visitation programs increased self-care, activity and mobility in nursing home patients.
site: http://microvet.arizona.edu/Courses/VSC105/humanAnimalBond/text12.html

The healing power of pets; nursing homes, hospitals, and even prisons are going to the dogs … and other animals … to improve the health and
THE HEALING POWER OF PETS Much has been written in the past few years about the bond between people and their pets. Pets help keep us young: They decrease loneliness, and they give us the opportu... (Continue Reading)

Between Home And Nursing Home
FAMILIES | The promises and realities of ASSISTED LIVING. OVER THE PAST two decades, assisted living has emerged as an attractive alternative to nursing-home ...... (Continue Reading)

A nursing home refreshing as a sauna - differences between US and Finnish nursing homes
They run nursing homes differently in Finland. Relax and enjoy (and maybe weep) Want a breath of fresh air? You should visit, as I did, the Kurjenmakikoti ...... (Continue Reading)

Counseling with pocket pets: using small animals in elementary counseling programs
Numerous studies have shown the beneficial effects of animals on the health and adjustment of individuals, including children. School counselors can ...... (Continue Reading)

The healing power of animals: people with pets have reduced levels of stress, depression, and heart risk. Find happiness and well-being through this primal
ELLA, A FOUNDLING, looks-like the love child of a Lab and a greyhound. She has snow-white fur, an ear-to-ear grin, and--according to her two-legged companion, Michael Konik--a penchant for wearing... (Continue Reading)

Pets are welcome at retirement community
Toulouse, an exuberant black poodle, is the first to greet visitors to Zosia Umbarger's apartment. "He's very fond of people-everyone is his friend," she says. "He sits on his little bed [outside] an... (Continue Reading)

ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING CONFERENCE IN HARROGATE: Pets in wards would
PETS SHOULD be allowed into hospital wards and made available on prescription, psychologists say. They believe the healing power of animals can hasten ...... (Continue Reading)

ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING CONFERENCE IN HARROGATE: Pets on
PETS SHOULD be allowed into hospital wards and made available on prescription, psychologists say. They believe that the healing power of animals can ...... (Continue Reading)

Notes from an Eden Alternative pioneer - nursing home management program
Asbury Care Center is the 104-bed nursing home component of a CCRC known as the Methodist Home in Charlotte, NC. The nursing facility is striving to ...... (Continue Reading)

Hypertension/pets - Psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology Review and Commentary - Brief Article
The effect of the presence of a friendly animal on children's blood pressures and heart rates while resting and their cardiovascular responses to verbalization ...... (Continue Reading)