The Significance of Pets for Vulnerable Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Explorative Qualitative Study

Peter W A Reniers; Ruslan Leontjevas; Ine J N Declercq; Marie-José Enders-Slegers; Debby L Gerritsen; Karin Hediger

doi:10.3390/ani12202752

The Significance of Pets for Vulnerable Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Explorative Qualitative Study

Peter W A Reniers^*
, Ruslan Leontjevas
, Ine J N Declercq
, Marie-José Enders-Slegers
, Debby L Gerritsen
, Karin Hediger

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Article number	2752
Pages (from-to)	1-13
Number of pages	13
Journal	Animals
Volume	12
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12202752
Publication status	Published - 13 Oct 2022

Keywords

COVID-19
community care
long-term care
older adults
pets

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