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The benefits include:

✓ Lowering heart rate
✓ Reducing blood pressure
✓ Elevating the mood
✓ Easing depression
✓ Improving relaxation
✓ Reducing physical pain
✓ Easing emotional pain
✓ Reducing aggression and anxiety
✓ Improving social behaviour
✓ Increasing social cohesion

The programme is designed to: 

✓ Enhance memory recall
✓ Promote increased socialisation
✓ Leave participants with a heightened sense of well-being

Animals have been used for therapy since the late 18th Century and research has shown that stress reduction can occur after as little as five minutes of interaction with an animal. When brought into an environment where people are limited physically and mentally, animal assisted activity delivers both therapy and entertainment.

Pet Pals Therapy have been specialists in the provision of animal therapy to the elderly and adults with learning disabilities for over ten years, providing service users with a low energy, relaxation based activity programme. Visiting quarterly, Pet Pals Therapy delivers an hour session using different types of animals on each visit, ensuring participants benefit from both visual stimulation as well as tactile interaction.