cat therapy is a cat that is trained to help sick humans in medically beneficial ways to utilize human-animal interaction for relaxation and healing purposes. Therapy cats provide affection and comfort to people in nursing homes, nursing homes, schools, nursing homes, and other community care facilities.
Cats therapy comes in various sizes and breeds. The most important feature of cat therapy is its temperament. A good therapy cat should be friendly, patient, confident, gentle, and calm in all situations. Therapy cats should enjoy human contact and are content to be caressed and handled, sometimes clumsily. Cats must show that loud noises and dog barks do not bother them.
The main job of cat therapy is to let a stranger make physical contact with her and enjoy the contact. Children especially enjoy hugging animals; adults usually enjoy just petting a cat. Cats may need to be lifted up, or climb up, on one's lap or bed and sit or lie comfortably there. In a home care environment, cat therapy can play a role in palliative care by reducing death anxiety.
Therapeutic cat has been used as a friend to help the recovery and well-being of people who have a stroke, lower blood pressure, reduce patient anxiety, increase sensory stimulation, counteract depression, inspire "sense of purpose", and help teenagers in juvenile detention centers children with developmental disabilities and to help children with language, speech and hearing problems. Some nursing homes have therapeutic cats that are used as friends for their elderly. Therapy cats are also sometimes used in hospitals to relax the children who live there. There is an argument stating that animal therapy can work as well or better than conventional pharmaceutical drugs to help people relax, lower stress levels and decrease blood pressure, causing heartbeats to slow down. According to a report, cats can help children and adolescents with special needs to "feel relaxed", and that human-cat communication is beneficial. A researcher who reviewed 25 studies found positive effects of pets on patients in nursing homes, and found evidence that animals help patients be more vigilant, smile more often, and that the presence of pets helps physically aggressive patients to calm down and allow other humans to be near them.
Video Therapy cat
See also
- Animal help therapy
- Human interaction with cat
- Oscar (cat therapy)
- Animal service
- Service dogs
- Dog therapy
Maps Therapy cat
References
External links
- Legal State Animal Assistance - Michigan State University
- Defects and Medical Conditions - TSA (Transportation Security Administration)
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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