On 25 Aug 2000, 19:38, Mary Dowling wrote:
> I've been searching for hours with little to show for it so I hope you
> can help us. We are a volunteer animal welfare group in the process of
> writing a grant to fund community activities.
>
> One of the projects would be to provide petfood and veterinary care
> subsidies for companion animals for the elderly. This would ease the
> loneliness of low-income seniors and give homeless shelter animals a
> second chance. I saw a short announcement recently of a similar program
>
> in Great Britain but can't remember where it was.
>
> Can you help me find supporting documentation regarding the benefits to
>
> the elderly and the success of such a program?
Here are some sites you can visit to gain insights and get some ideas:
(1) Delta Society
http://www.deltasociety.org/
Health Benefits of Animals; Animal Therapy; Service dogs; and more...
(2) Intermountain Therapy Animals
http://www.therapyanimals.org/
Associated with Delta, this site demonstrates how the human-animal bond
can enhance the quality of life.
(3) Animal Friends Online
http://trfn.clpgh.org/animalfriends/pet-therapy.html
Scoll down and link to their "Pet Therapy Handbook." I think that will
prove helpful to your needs.
(4) Dog-Play: Animal Assisted Therapy and Animal Assisted Links
http://www.dog-play.com/therapyl.html
Great links for your purposes.
(5) Therapy Animals
http://www.raspberryfield.com/therapy_animal_page.htm
Nice write up on the subject.
(6) The Human-Animal Bond - an About.com page at their Vet site:
http://vetmedicine.about.com/health/vetmedicine/library/weekly/
aa061199.htm
Note: The above URL is actually one continuous line and should be
entered into your browser's address box as one line.
Nice write up and more links to follow.
(7) You might follow up on this page of links at the Yahoo site:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Mental_Health/Counseling_and_Therapy/
Therapeutic_Methods/Animal_Assisted_Therapy/
Note: The above URL is actually one continuous line and should be
entered into your browser's address box as one line.
(8) ...and lastly, don't forget there are books that deal with Animal
Therapy. See the following site with a listing of books you might wish
to order:
http://www.uaata.org/amazon/books_service.html
Alan
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