ArticleJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2021
What Are the Benefits of Pet Ownership and Care Among People With Mild-to-Moderate Dementia? Findings From the IDEAL programme.
Article in Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- One health considerations in veterinary palliative medicine.Veterinary and animal science · 2026Review
- Pet ownership and risk of depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of general psychiatry · 2025Article
- Activity Engagement Across Stages of Cognitive Health.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Companion Animal Fostering as Health Promotion: A Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Longitudinal Predictors of Informant-Rated Involvement of People with Dementia in Everyday Decision-Making: Findings from the IDEAL Program.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2023Article
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- Pet ownership issues encountered by geriatric professionals: Preliminary findings from an interdisciplinary sample.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Perceived and objective availability of green and blue spaces and quality of life in people with dementia: results from the IDEAL programme.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Pet ownership has been associated with positive outcomes in many populations, yet the associations with physical and psychological wellbeing in people with dementia remain unclear. The current study used baseline data from 1,542 people living at home with mild-to-moderate dementia from the Improving the experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life (IDEAL) programme. Regression analyses investigated associations of pet ownership and pet care with self-reports of walking, loneliness, depression, and quality of life (QoL). After adjusting for covariates, having any pet was associated with higher likelihood of walking over 3 hr in the last week. Those with a dog and who were involved in its care were less likely to be lonely than those with no dog. Having any pet but no involvement in its care was associated with increased depression and decreased QoL compared with those without a pet. The key factor in the associations was involvement in the care of the pet by the person with dementia.
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