Detailed Description

List of Contents

General Information

• Delta Society® General Information.
• What is the Difference Between a Service and a Therapy Animal?
• Sample Policies.
  • Boilerplate Infection Control Policy.
  • Evergreen Hospice Center Resident Canine & Feline Infection Control Guidelines (Hospice).
  • University Eldercare, Villa Serena (Alzheimer's Facility).
  • Providence St. Peter Hospital Policy & Procedures (Acute-Care Hospital).
• Important Considerations in Infection Control & Zoonoses.
• Animal Preference Questionnaire (for Facility Staff).
• Key References Bibliography.
• Coping with Life Changes & Transitions: The Role of Pets, by Karen Allen, Ph.D. Interactions, Vol. 13, No.3, 1995.
• Perspectives on Animal-Assisted Activities and Therapy, by Linda Hines and Maureen Fredrickson. Chapter in "Companion Animals in Human Health" by Cindy Wilson, Ph.D. and Dennis Turner, ScD.

AIDS and Hospice

• Pet Ownership and the Reliability of the Companion Animal Bonding Scale Among Participants of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, by Frederick J. Angulo, Judith M. Siegel, and Roger Detels. Anthrozoös, Vol. IX, No. 1, 1996.
• Animals and AIDS Patients, by Marla Kale. Interactions, Vol. 10, No. 2, 1992.
• Pets and the Immunocompromised Patient, by Ken Gorczyca, DVM. Syntex Journal Rounds, Vol. 2, No. 3, 1992.
• Sometimes Love is the Best Medicine of All, by Rachel Lamb and Sally Fekety. HSUS News, Winter 1995.
• Pets and PWAs: Claims of Health Risk Exaggerated, by Barbara J. Burton, RN. AIDS Patient Care, February 1989.
• Safe Pet Guidelines, by Pets Are Wonderful Support.

Corrections

• Overview of Animals in Correctional Facilities, by Linda M. Hines.
• Prison Programs Involving Animals, from "Compassion: Our Last Great Hope," by Leo K. Bustad, DVM, Ph.D. Delta Society.
• Project Pooch: Positive Opportunities - Obvious Change with Hounds.
• PAL Program: Lorton Prison Training Course.
• Proposal for an Animal Experience Program Specifically Designed for the St. Louis Juvenile Detention Center.
• Animal-Assisted Therapy Program at Oakwood Forensic Center.
• Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society
• The Role of Companion Animals in Prisons, by Mary Christine Whyham. First International Congress, Mexico 1993, Human-Animal Companionship: Health Benefits Summary.
• The Training of Pets as Therapy Dogs in a Women's Prison: A Pilot Study, by Paul G. Walsh and Peter C. Mertin. Anthrozoös, Vol. VII, No. 2, 1994.

Hospitals

• Patients' Best Friend? Hospital Dogs Raise Spirits, Not Infection Rates. Hospital Infection Control, December 1992.
• Kids & Animals: A Comforting Hospital Combination, by Marla Kale. Interactions, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1992.
• An Observation Study on the Responses of Children to the Presence of Animal During Neuromuscular Examination, by Mary Woolverton. First International Congress, Mexico 1993, "Human-Animal Companionship: Health Benefits" Summary.
• Effectiveness of an Animal-Assisted Therapy Program in an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit, by Ralph Holcomb and Mary Meacham. Anthrozoös, Vol. II, No. 4, 1989.
• RX: Animals: Prescriptions for Animals in Goal-Directed Rehabilitation and Motivational Therapy are Becoming More and More Common, by Micky Niego. ASPCA Animal Watch, Summer 1992.

Nursing Homes and the Elderly

• Guidelines: Animals in Nursing Homes, by Lee, Zeglan, Ryan, Gowing, and Hines.
• Friends of the Eden Alternative flier.
• Loneliness: A Health Hazard of Modern Times, by Susan Duncan, RN. Interactions, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1995.
• Stressful Life Events and Use of Physician Services Among the Elderly: The Moderating Role of Pet Ownership, by Judith M. Siegel. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol., 38, No. 6, 1990.
• Pets and People in Residential Care: Towards a Model of Good Practice, by June McNicholas. Journal of the Society for Companion Animal Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, 1993.
• Pet Projects: Animal-Assisted Therapy in Nursing Homes, by Gammonley and Yates. Journal of Gerontological Nursing, Vol. 17, No. 1, 1991.
• Psychological and Physical Effects of Enforced Pet Loss on Older People Entering Residential Care, by June McNicholas, Glyn M. Collis, & Ian E. Morley. Journal of the Society for Companion Animal Studies, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1993.

Book Supplement

This book comes with a supplement containing listings of Pet Partners® facilities and groups and a directory of hospitals with visiting animal programs (not necessarily affliated with Pet Partners).