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F E Netting

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PubMed1983

Companion animals and the elderly: a state-of-the-art summary.

The human/animal relationship exhibited by the elderly and their pets has limitations as well as potentials. The functions of a pet as a companion and social facilitator in pet-facilitated psychotherapy include serving as a cotherapist for facilitation of rapport, providing companionship, substituting for close interpersonal relationships (ie, significant others), enhancing the health status of a variety of target groups, increasing opportunity for sensory stimulation, and providing emotional support and a sense of well-being. Available information was limited because few studies have been replicated, data were not validated, and previous studies were restricted mainly to institutionalized or therapeutic environments. Implications for future research include use of animals for companionship and to promote the physical, social, and emotional health of the elderly.

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Ethical decision-making in case management programs for the elderly.

This article discusses ethical decision-making within six hospital-based case management programs for the frail elderly. Ethical dilemmas are described within each of the following phases of the case management process: client identification, informed consent, assessment, service planning, service coordination/linking, and monitoring and evaluation. Implications for social workers as case managers are examined.

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Ethical issues in long-term care for the elderly.

During the past 20 years there has been a wealth of literature on various aspects of ethical decision-making. The ethical dilemmas which confront health professionals become more and more complex as knowledge and technology expand. Professionals have more and more effect on human lives. As research provides professionals with more intervention tools, questions arise about "quality of life" and "who has the right to make life and death decisions." This paper examines the potential for ethical difficulties in long-term care settings for the elderly. Given the necessity for a multidisciplinary approach to geriatric care, a variety of professionals are involved in the delivery of services in multiple settings. For the purpose of this paper, these professionals are referred to as "health professionals" since we are defining health as physical, mental, and social well-being. Case examples will be used to illustrate potential issues when health professionals intervene with elderly persons who are in difficult situations. To provide a context, five codes of ethics (ie, health educators, social workers, physicians, clinical psychologists and nurses) will be examined. Each of these health profesionals is involved in service provision to an elderly client/patient or his family in the area of long-term care. These codes will be examined in light of their historic roots.

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