My Research
Cherniack, E. Paul, and Ariella R. Cherniack. "The Benefit Of Pets And Animal-Assisted Therapy To The Health Of Older Individuals." Current Gerontology & Geratrics Research (2014): 1-9. Academic Search Complete. Web. 6 Nov. 2016.
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The document is very well written and easy to understand. It is fact-based and includes a variety of statistics, results, and testings. The scientific part of the document creates a better feeling of reliability and understanding since data cannot be manipulated. The topic of the research is interesting and something I have never thought about or even took into consideration the amount of benefits that come with the institution of it. I now feel that I have a better understanding of this topic and have acquired a support for the further continuance of AAT. My stance on animals in general is very protective and loving. They are what I feel passionate about. As a research topic this seems to be the most fitting. It provides a safe environment for the animals and in turn brings along an abundance of benefits towards differing elders and their possible disabilities.
Using the document seems simple at best. Since it provides differing tests on AAT and the scientific results for it, I’ll make sure to mention most of them when presenting it as the research topic. The resources they use are creditable and the amount of examples are very benefiting for my own topic. The results of each of the studies are honest and real. They provide both the advantages and disadvantages of using AAT, and thus help to provide a better apprehension of how AAT affects the elderly with or without a different type of disability.
Using the document seems simple at best. Since it provides differing tests on AAT and the scientific results for it, I’ll make sure to mention most of them when presenting it as the research topic. The resources they use are creditable and the amount of examples are very benefiting for my own topic. The results of each of the studies are honest and real. They provide both the advantages and disadvantages of using AAT, and thus help to provide a better apprehension of how AAT affects the elderly with or without a different type of disability.
Rovner, Julie. "Pet Therapy: How Animals And Humans Heal Each Other." NPR. NPR, 12 Mar. 2012. Web. 19 Jan. 2017.
The document provides different examples of animals and their effects on their owners. It also reveals a variety of different animals; dogs, cats, horses, etc. The document is far more emotionally appealing than the previous document. It mentions the animals names and the owners, which are for the majority children or elders. It doesn’t provide charts and graphs; however it mentions the trials from the years before in different places that have instituted AAT into their facilities as well as the scientific effect on the person going through the specified therapy. It also displays pictures that physically show the people and animals affected by AAT. Each picture has a subtitle and a well written description of each, including names, places, dates, etc. People like “Florence Nightingale recogniz[e] that animals provided a level of social support in the institutional care of the mentally ill” and ““Rebecca Johnson, a nurse who heads the Research Center for Human/Animal Interaction at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine, studies have been focusing on the fact that interacting with animals can increase people's level of the hormone oxytocin”. The document was found through one of the credible sites; scholar.google.com and since it ends with .gov, it is valid and a non-profit organization. Each time a person or facility/organization is mentioned it connects to a different link that gives an addition amount of information. The author has used her information to broadcast it on the radio and television. Since the document is well broadcasted and trusted on the radio, it has a better chance of being less bias and more accepting and credible. The pictures are also a plus that help to prove the examples that the author gives. The more scientific part mentions the affect of animals on heart attack patients as well as the study behind the physical effects of animals on humans. In addition to that the author quotes Rebecca Johnson and her explanation for how interacting with animals leads to a surplus of Oxytocin, which contributes to not only happiness but the increasing process of healing in the human body.
KELLY, SHIRLEY. "A Second-Chance for Horses." Countryside & Small Stock Journal, vol. 99, no. 4, Jul/Aug2015, pp. 68-69.
The article most definitely adds to what i’m trying to express in my research project. Animal Assisted Therapy is a broad term that incorporates different uses of various animals in certain activities or exercises, in order to the acquire desired outcome and effect in a patient. I had not previously thought about how a patient might respond to different animals and activities with those animals. It had not occurred to me that certain animals can help with different disabilities and impairments in the patient. The patient might also work better with one animal, in this case a horse, than another. In the upcoming project I’ll make sure to separate my page so that it can show the various animals used in AAT as well as the activities and/or specialties that they incorporate. I’ll also try to organize a type of chart or quiz possibly to help a possible candidate with choosing what animal is the best fit for them and/or the types of activities that would benefit them most. This was by far the most helpful in helping me look in different directions and realizing things that i had not thought about before. I now have something more to add to my project.