Alone time with pets helps seniors - Aging - MSNBC.com:
Tom Gannam / AP
Updated: 3:58 p.m. ET Jan. 12, 2006
ST. LOUIS - Dogs apparently need no help lifting the spirits of lonely people. A study has found that nursing home residents felt much less lonely after spending time alone with a dog than when other people joined in the visit. The residents shared their problems and story in 'intimate conversations' with the visiting dog, researchers said."
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