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work_3e6i3v4rujcyxkjhszt5sdfyay	Kimberly Ann Mercer	Animal-Assisted Therapy and Application to Older Adults in Long Term Care	2015.0	11	.pdf	application/pdf	6096	483	56	was to explore the use of AAT as an intervention to decrease loneliness in residents living in a LTC setting by introducing visits from a Sphynx cat registered by the Delta Society as a therapy animal. Key words: Animal-assisted therapy, older adults, loneliness, long term care. The idea of this study was to introduce a therapy animal (Sphynx cat) to older adults residing in a LTC In this study, the introduction of a therapy animal (Sphynx cat) to older adults living in a LTC facility in advocated AAT as an intervention useful to increase social interaction and combat feelings of loneliness application of AAT to older adults living in LTC facilities to decrease loneliness. determined the effectiveness of the AAT intervention in decreasing loneliness in older adults residing in synthesis of literature was the use of AAT to decrease loneliness in older adults living in LTC facilities.	./cache/work_3e6i3v4rujcyxkjhszt5sdfyay.pdf	./txt/work_3e6i3v4rujcyxkjhszt5sdfyay.txt