Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine DigitalCommons@PCOM PCOM Psychology Dissertations Student Dissertations, Theses and Papers 2003 Management of Agitation in Individuals with Dementia: an Animal-assisted Therapy Approach Karen L. Tanner Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine,
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[email protected]. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine Department of Psychology MANAGEMENT OF AGITATION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH DEMENTIA: AN ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY APPROACH By Karen L. Tanner Copyright 2003 Karen L. Tanner Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Psychology August 2003 Dissertation Approval This is to certify that the thesis presented to us by Karen L. Tanner on the 18th day of " March, 2003, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree ofDoctor of Psychology, has been examined and is acceptable in both scholarship and literary quality. Committee Members' Signatures: Bruce Zahn, Ed.D., ABPP, Chairperson Robert A. DiTomasso, Ph.D., ABPP Maureen Gibney, Psy.D. Arthur Freeman, Ed.D., ABPP, Chair, Department of Psychology .A. Management of Agitation x Acknowledgments I wish to express my sincere thanks to Bruce S.