@misc{Mamzer_Hanna_Stary, author={Mamzer, Hanna}, howpublished={online}, publisher={Kraków: Akademia Ignatianum}, language={pol}, abstract={The article aims at analyzing a potential positive influence of animal assisted therapies on senior citizens. In the context of ageing, contemporary Western societies face a challenge of taking care of wellbeing of a growing number of their senior citizens. Not only should medical assistance be taken into account, but also adequate psychological support. Animal assisted therapies are still an undiscovered option of increasing a subjective sense of elderly person`s wellbeing.}, abstract={The article presents difficulties that senior citizens face due to their ageing and selected options of applying animal assisted therapies as a solution to some of these challenges. Special emphasis is placed on reducing a sense of loneliness experienced by the elderly, and a brief comparison of the situation in Poland and other countries is presented.}, type={artykuł}, title={Stary człowiek i pies}, keywords={pies, starość, seniorzy, relacje, dog, senior citizens, animal assisted therapies}, }