{"title":"Dogs as pets, visitors, therapists and assistants.","authors":"Melissa Y Winkle, Anna Wilder, Liberty Z Jackson","doi":"10.1097/NHH.0000000000000156","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dogs can play an integral role in the recovery of patients through companionship, animal-assisted therapy, and as assistance dogs. This article will define and differentiate these 3 categories and provide resources for home healthcare and hospice clinicians who may want to include dogs in the plan of care for select patients. </p>","PeriodicalId":77162,"journal":{"name":"Home healthcare nurse","volume":"32 10","pages":"589-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/NHH.0000000000000156","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Home healthcare nurse","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0000000000000156","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 9
Abstract
Dogs can play an integral role in the recovery of patients through companionship, animal-assisted therapy, and as assistance dogs. This article will define and differentiate these 3 categories and provide resources for home healthcare and hospice clinicians who may want to include dogs in the plan of care for select patients.