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Animal Therapy Helpful For Dementia Patients, New Study Shows

A new study suggests your patients may benefit from interaction with animals. Therapy animals help to ease aggression and depression in nursing home residents suffering from dementia, according to a study published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. The researchers studied 65 nursing home residents with dementia who were assigned Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) as part of their treatment over [...]
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