title: Pet therapy for the homebound elderly.
abstract: The Visiting Nurses Association-Community Services, Inc., responding to community interest and support, developed a pet therapy program for homebound clients. Early reports indicate that the program has improved the physiological as well as psychosocial wellbeing of participants.
authors: Visiting Nurse Association-Community Services, Abington, PA.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Harris
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Gellin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D001841:Human-Animal Bond; D006801:Humans; D010414:Pennsylvania