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HOME Senior Care offers pet Therapy as a FREE SERVICE (offered in conjunction with billable services) for those seniors interested. Here is why:
Many of us have had a pet at some point in our lives. They bring joy to all ages and provide what we all need in our relationships.
In a nutshell, dogs provide something so greatly needed by us humans: unconditional love. They sit on your lap, nuzzle and lick no-matter our mood. They have the power to make us feel better.
For seniors all the above benefits apply and then some. For example a 2 year study from the UCLA Medical Center revealed in 2005 that therapy dogs visiting 76 severely ill cardiac patients in intensive care significantly lowered their stress and anxiety and their heart and lung pressure. In this study a visiting human could reduce anxiety in these patients by 10 percent, however, when a Therapy Dog came along the drop was an amazing 24 percent.
Even though the medical or physical improvements pet provide are amazing, there is still more. Pets provide seniors with social and psychological benefits also. Pet Therapy dogs have been shown to reduce loneliness, depression and introversion at all ages.
We at HOME have seen extraordinary results when our dogs visit seniors. From sharing memories (spontaneous recollection) with me about the dog they used to have to just petting and hugging our dogs. We have witnessed firsthand a sparkle in senior's eyes when interacting with our dogs. We have seen a senior, even with excruciating back pain, laugh and play with the them. HOME has even seen a late stage Alzheimer's patient gravitate towards Linus and in his native tongue of French saying "Bon Chien"! This was amazing to witness.
"Good dog" really says it all doesn't it?
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