Pet therapy has been associated with the following benefits: 
- Petting a dog can reduce blood pressure and stress.
- Bringing a pet in to a family care home or any long-term care facility can boost peoples’ moods and enhance their social interactions.
- Interacting with a pet can add years to your life.
- Pet therapy has been proven to aid in dementia care and Alzheimer’s care
- Heart patients who owned pets were significantly more likely to be alive a year after they were discharged from the hospital than those who didn’t own pets.
Although the reasons for it are unclear, researchers agree that visiting with animals can help reduce loneliness, depression and stress, and provide a welcome distraction from pain and illness…and this is particularly true for those in need of dementia care. As seniors age, they can become more withdrawn and solitary, losing the desire and ability to develop new relationships. Pets offer much-needed companionship and can increase the quantity and quality of social interactions among their owners. Loneliness and depression can be traumatic for seniors. Many senior citizens end up in aged care facilities that restrict the independent living experience, including the right to have pets. Residents in aged care facilities also have to deal with the separation from loved ones. Loneliness in these facilities tends to be a common problem, which animal-assisted therapy can help decrease.
That’s why we at Unlimited Possibilities Family Care Home partner with pet therapy organizations so our residents have these important opportunities on a regular basis.
Studies conducted for more than three decades reinforce the hypothesis that pet therapy has a beneficial effect on the psychological well being of the elderly, in particular on aspects related to depressive symptoms and perception of quality of life. After all, pets don’t see what people see. They don’t see a wrinkled face, age spots or grey hair. They make no judgments. They don’t want anything from you and they don’t have to say the right thing. They don’t expect anything except perhaps a pat. They just want to give love. We at Unlimited Possibilities Family Care Home are committed to providing services that are person-centered, culturally competent, and community based. In so doing, we intend to become the premier service provider for seniors in need in Mecklenburg County.
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