Animal-assisted interventions in health care settings : a best practices manual for establishing and maintaining new programs / Sandra B. Barker, Rebecca A. Vokes, Randolph T. Barker
Published
West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2019]
The health care administrator's overview of AAI -- AAI program structure -- Establishing requirements : AAI program entry -- Establishing requirements : AAI implementation -- Maintaining compliance : renewals, record keeping, and team retention -- Program evaluation -- Beyond visitation : animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and facility dogs -- Summary, opportunity, and the future
Summary
Animal-assisted intervention (AAI) has been shown to enhance both the patient experience and the staff members in health care facilities and programs. Barker, Vokes and Barker explore the benefits of such a program from a variety of perspectives, and examines the best practices for establishing an AAI program
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Notes
Online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed August 7, 2019)
