Pet Therapy in geriatrics: a social and medical relationship
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.6092/1828-6550/APMB.105.1.2017.A8Keywords:
PetTherapy, Geriatrics, Social impact of Pet TherapyAbstract
Pet therapy is an innovative science that finds valid intervention strategies not only for treating psycho-physical diseases but also for improving the quality of life.
The areas of intervention concern various fields: pedagogical, psychological, social and health care. Improving the welfare state of certain categories of people, including the elderly.
The contact with the animal demonstrates not only positive influence on social and individual parameters, such as interaction and communication, but is also effective on behavioral parameters, reducing agitation, stimulating creativity, curiosity and observation capacity, And affectivity with improved depression and anxiety.
In complementary therapies, pet therapy, either animal assisted activity (AAA) or animal assisted therapy (AAT), is able to modify the state of the present by providing some well-being in the elderly in treatment. A therapy that goes beyond From the severity of the patient's status but could also benefit in those cases of particular gravity as Alzhaimer's.
The use of this therapy in elderly people who can record a physiological aging of their functions, such as dementia and Alzheimer's, also has a strong emotional, cognitive and relational stimulation, a recovery of autobiographical memory, an increase in sense of Self-esteem and self-efficacy, a push towards eagerness and social interaction.
A therapeutic geriatric, which works mainly on emotions, modifies quantitatively the behavioral and cognitive changes of patients and, by integrating with traditional drugs, improves the state of well-being and quality of life.References
Pugliese, A (2012)., Pet Therapy: Strategie d’intervento e linee guida, Seconda edizione Armando Siciliano Editore Messina. pp 86-89
Rizzolati, G., Sinigaglia, C. (2006) So quel che fai. Il cervello che agisce e i neuroni specchio. Milano, Raffaello Cortina Editore pp 85 97.
Ballarini G. (2006) oct da Pugliese A 2006, 1° Edizione ; Comunicazione Emotiva e pet therapy, pp 85- 119
Congable LG,Buckwalter KC, Stolley JM. (2002): Istituzionalized Alzheimer’s Clients West J Nurs Res.; 24 (6): 684-696
Bressan L.C. (2011) La malattia di Alzheimer, aspetti clinici e approccio complementare in: L’isola in Città come miglioramento della qualità della vita della persona con Alzheimer, Milano, Fondazione Manuli-pp. 5-10
Bigatello, G. Lukrcas,A.,Terragni,A., Galimberti.M. Buttram,D. (2011) Terapia assistita con gli animali nella riabilitazione motoria degli anziani non autosufficienti, Riabilitazione Oggi, 3, 37-38
Bressan, L. Bigatello, G. Lukrcas, A.,Terragni,A., Galimberti.M. Buttram,D. (2011) Terapia assistita con gli animali nella riabilitazione motoria degli anziani non autosufficienti, Riabilitazione Oggi, 3, 37-38
Bonetta G .( 2012) citato da Pugliese A, nella prefazione del testo Pet Therapy: Strategie d’intervento e linee guida, Seconda edizione, Messina, Armando Siciliano Editore, pp 7-18
Pugliese A.(2012), Pet Therapy: Strategie d’intervento e linee guida, Seconda edizione, Messina, Armando Siciliano Editore, pp 84-102
Fritz , C.L., Farver, T.B., Hart, L.A. , Kass P. H. (1996). Companion animals and the psychological health of Alzheimer patients' caregivers. Psychol Rep., 78(2),467-81
Chibaudi A.(2002) La pet therapy in un Nucleo Alzheimer. Un intervento riabilitativo in aiuto alla comunicazione. Tesi di Laurea in tecnico della riabilitazione psichiatrica. Università di Milano AA2001-2002.
McCabe, B.W., Baun, M.M., Speich, D., Agrawal, S, West (2002) Using a therapy dog to alleviate the agitation and socialization of people with Alzheimer's disease. J Nurs Res, Oct;24(6),684-96.
Churchill, M., Sefaoui, J, McCabe, B.W., Baun, M.M. (1989). Using a therapy dog to alleviate the agitation and desocialization of people with Alzheimer’s disease: Arch Psychiatr Nurs ;3 (4) 191-198.
Batson K, McCabe B., Baun MM ,Wilson C (1998), The effect of a therapy dog on socialization and physiological indicators of stress in persons diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in Companion animals in human health. In C. C. Wilson & D. C. Turner (Eds.), Companion animals in health (pp. 203-215). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Franceschini, N. (2004), oct da Bigatello 2011
Pugliese, A. (2012) Pet Therapy: Strategie d’intervento e linee guida, Seconda edizione, Messina, Armando Siciliano Editore, pp 87
Anderson, T.J., Grégoire, J., Hegele, R.A., Couture, P., Mancini, G.B., McPherson, R., Francis, G.A., Poirier, P., Lau, D.C., Grover, S., Genest, J. Jr, Carpentier, A.C., Dufour, R., Gupta, M,, Ward,R., Leiter, L.A., Lonn, E,, Ng, D.S., Pearson, G.J., Yates, G.M., Stone, J.A., Ur, E.2012 update of the Canadian cardiovascular society guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in the adult. Can J Cardiol 2013; 29:151–67.
Marchesini, R. (2011) Pet Therapy e Alzheimer , in L’isola in Città come miglioramento della qualità di vita della persona con Alzhiemer –Milano, Fondazione Manuli., pp 27-32
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
