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work_gmsmcvnwcze4thrv3s3fk4p7di	Kari L. Greer	A Comparison of the Effects of Toys versus Live Animals on the Communication of Patients with Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type	2002.0	26	.pdf	application/pdf	6029	1100	75	versus live cat stimuli on the verbal communication of elderly nursing Several studies investigated the effects of live animals on elderly individuals (Churchill et al., 1999; Curtright & Turner, 2000; Erickson, 1985; Fick, and live cats on the verbal communication of an elderly individual with DAT. in terms of total number of words, MIU, and initiations without a live or toy cat This group showed a continual increase in the presence and withdrawal of live cats (see Figure 2). Overall subject performance showed greater number of MIU when the live cats were present. In the toy cat condition, average subject performance for initiations increased slightly (from 1.8/min to 2.1/min) and remained stable following withThe results indicated that live cats had the greatest influence on overall average subject performance across all three measurements. The findings of the present study demonstrate that the live cats, overall, resulted in greater number of total words, MIU, and initiations than the toy cats.	./cache/work_gmsmcvnwcze4thrv3s3fk4p7di.pdf	./txt/work_gmsmcvnwcze4thrv3s3fk4p7di.txt