Pets and the Elderly: The Impact of Companionship
Author: Ronald J. Comer
Princeton University
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This video shows the psychological and physical benefits of providing animal companions for elderly persons in a nursing facility. Similarly, interactions with children and a warm and stimulating environment positively influence the psychological and physical state of the nursing home residents shown in the video. As you watch, you will see that patients have a greater sense of purpose in life and that rates of illness and mortality at the facility go down significantly.
1. The Eden nursing home programs follow principles consistent with each of the following models, except:
2. The animals in the Eden nursing home programs seem to offer which important psychological principle?
3. The effect of animals and music on the health of residents at Eden nursing home programs is consistent with the principles of psychoneuroimmunology. According to the video case, each of the following has been found in such nursing homes, except:
4. According to the textbook, ______________.
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