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- A nimal-assisted interventions (AAI), such as animal-assisted therapy, animal-assisted activities, and animal-assisted education, are goal-oriented interventions that use therapy animals in health, education, and human services for the purpose of improving health and wellness and achieving therapeutic gains. 1 In animal-assisted therapy, healthcare professionals use therapy animals as a tool in structured patient interventions to achieve specific measurable outcomes.
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May 20, 2016 · The animal-intervention programs suggested various benefits such as reducing stress, pain and anxiety. Other outcomes considered were changes in vital signs, and nutritional intake. Most studies used dogs, but other animals were effectively employed. The major risks outlined were allergies, infections and animal-related accidents.
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The therapeutic use of animals has been debated for decades,...
- Creating a Therapeutic and Healing Environment With a Pet Therapy Program
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Aug 19, 2022 · Last updated: 08/19/2022. Animal-assisted therapy is a therapeutic intervention that incorporates animals, such as horses, dogs, cats, and birds, into the treatment plan.
- Designing A Wellness Program
- Preventive Medical Strategies
- Preventive Behavioral Strategies
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A wellness program should be designed to provide reasonable assurance that animals across the spectrum AAI services are: 1. Healthy (in part to reduce the bi-directional risk of zoonotic disease transmission) 2. Behaviorally appropriate for the program 3. Protected from being harmed by participation in the program A wellness program must include re...
Preventive medicine and behavioral management of animals participating in AAI may differ in some ways from the care of other companion or working animals. For this reason, veterinarians should be cognizant of the following preventive strategies: 1. Wellness visits should include a thorough physical examination that includes assessment of nutritiona...
In addition to ensuring an animal’s physical health, veterinarians should consider these strategies for addressing behavioral health: 1. During wellness visits, the attending veterinarian should specifically address behavioral health of the animal. For example, questions about the appropriateness or inappropriateness of elimination can reveal infor...
Animals should be trained not to pick things up off the floor unless instructed by the RP. In some facilities, powerful human medications or other inappropriate substances may accidentally fall to the floor or be intentionally offered to these animals. Also, within facilities with AAI programs, there should be a coding system to indicate rooms that...
Oct 18, 2019 · The State of Animal-Assisted Interventions: Addressing the Contemporary Issues That Will Shape the Future - PMC. Journal List. Int J Environ Res Public Health. PMC6843928. As a library, NLM provides access to scientific literature.
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A nimal-assisted interventions (AAI), such as animal-assisted therapy, animal-assisted activities, and animal-assisted education, are goal-oriented interventions that use therapy animals in health, education, and human services for the purpose of improving health and wellness and achieving therapeutic gains. 1 In animal-assisted therapy, healthc...
AAT incorporates specially selected and trained animals into goal directed therapeutic/intervention plans that are designed to promote improvement in physical, cognitive, psychosocial, behavioral, and/or emotional functioning.
Animal-assisted interventions is a broad term that is now commonly used to describe the utilization of various species of animals in diverse manners beneficial to humans. Animal-assisted therapy, education, and activities are examples of types of animal assisted intervention.
