Study: Animal Therapy Helps Delay Dementia Symptom Progression

A new study has found that interacting with therapy animals can slow down the progression of dementia symptoms in nursing home residents.

The study, which was conducted in Germany and Switzerland, placed 65 residents into two groups. One of the groups received 10 weekly sessions of animal therapy while the other group did not. At the end of the study period, the researchers found that agitation/aggression and depression had significantly increased in the group that did not receive animal therapy. Those symptoms remained steady in the group that had interacted with the animals.

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