Older people's relationships with companion animals : a pilot study Prosser, Lauren, Townsend, Mardie and Staiger, Petra 2008, Older people's relationships with companion animals : a pilot study, Nursing older people, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 29-32. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads townsend-olderpeoplesrelationships-2008.pdf Published version application/pdf 2.73MB 301 Title Older people's relationships with companion animals : a pilot study Author(s) Prosser, Lauren Townsend, Mardie orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-946X Staiger, Petra orcid.org/0000-0002-6968-5015 Journal name Nursing older people Volume number 20 Issue number 3 Start page 29 End page 32 Total pages 4 Publisher RCN Publishing Place of publication London, England Publication date 2008-04 ISSN 1472-0795 Keyword(s) ageing elderly -- health interpersonal relations Summary When older people enter residential care facilities, disruption to social networks may occur, with detrimental effects on health and wellbeing. This article reports on a study undertaken in an aged care facility in Melbourne, Australia, that explored the potential for a visiting companion animal programme to improve the health and wellbeing of residents and to promote their capacity for building relationships. Results back assertions in the literature that companion animals foster relationships by giving people opportunities to interact with others, but further study is needed to verify the link Language eng Field of Research 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920299 Health and Support Services not elsewhere classified HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2008, Royal College of Nursing Publishing Company (RCN) Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30017787 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:57:10 EST Thu, 17 Dec 2009, 09:54:13 EST Thu, 17 Dec 2009, 09:55:43 EST Thu, 17 Dec 2009, 09:58:41 EST Tue, 20 Jul 2010, 14:09:05 EST Thu, 07 Oct 2010, 16:08:57 EST Fri, 08 Jun 2012, 09:01:25 EST Fri, 22 Jun 2012, 10:15:12 EST Tue, 06 Sep 2016, 12:46:02 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 06:31:09 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 14:17:47 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 19 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1328 Abstract Views, 301 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:57:10 EST