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work_3fi2ggeyuvhmvou3ouv3gtwuuq	Zoran Vrbanac	Animal assisted therapy and perception of loneliness in geriatric nursing home residents	2013.0	4	.pdf	application/pdf	3142	351	64	Use of animals for therapeutic purposes, animal assisted therapy or AAT is a method for improving quality of life for The object of this paper was to evaluate dog companionship as a form of AAT and its effects on perception of loneliness in geriatric nursing home residents. and after participation in the program showed that dog companionship reduces the perception of loneliness. Key words: dog, animal assisted therapy, geriatric nursing, loneliness pressure values in nursing home inpatients after participation in a six-week pet therapy program. the possibility of dog companionship as a form of AAT reduces the perception of loneliness in geriatric nursing greater effect of AAT on reducing the loneliness, the results revealed that there is no difference between participants that were and those that were not prior pet owners Z. Vrbanac et al.: Animal Assisted Therapy in Geriatric Nursing Home, Coll. Z. Vrbanac et al.: Animal Assisted Therapy in Geriatric Nursing Home, Coll.	./cache/work_3fi2ggeyuvhmvou3ouv3gtwuuq.pdf	./txt/work_3fi2ggeyuvhmvou3ouv3gtwuuq.txt