99432 Resource 95422 95276 95276 1123787764334 1125445688218 Controlled Pets for Seniors can lower blood pressure, reduce cardiovascular disease, and create warm fuzzy feelings.

Would a pet make a good companion for your loved one?

<p /><p align="center"><img alt="Jeff Miller's buddy Suess playing around." hspace="0" src="http://seniorsafety.com/images/catinmail.jpg" align="baseline" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Scientists have noticed that pets give seniors warm fuzzy feelings. Pets are great companions and scientests have started to explore the complex way animals affect human emotions and physiology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  <img alt="My cat Pride playing with Jims turtle Diva" hspace="0" src="http://seniorsafety.com/images/pride_with_turtle_diva.jpg" align="left" vspace="10" border="0" /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">I can tell you, I love my cats...they're easy to care for and they always love me. My opinion counts, I'm a young senior of fifty-seven.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There is no question that owning a pet can be good for some seniors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The benefits are well-documented; Lowered blood pressure, reduced cardiovascular disease, a sense of well being, reduced feelings of loneliness, not to mention increased fun!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> This is a good thing. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><img alt="Pridey at his best...sleeping sweetly" hspace="8" src="http://seniorsafety.com/images/pride_cat.jpg" align="right" vspace="8" border="0" /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" align="right" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Don't rush out and buy that dog, bird, cat, or other animal yet. </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Take time to think about the responsibilities involved in owing a pet.  In Healthypets article "<a title="A comprehensive article on the benefits of pet ownership." href="http://www.healthypet.com/library_view.aspx?ID=12&sid=2" target="_self"><u><font color="#800080">Pets for Senior Citizens</font></u></a>," they talk about the benefits pets have on seniors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>It's an informative read.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">If a pet is right for your loved one it can make a remarkable difference in their smile. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto">Isn't that what it's all about?</p> 10 application/xml false cardiovascular disease feelings of loneliness lowered blood pressure owning a pet pets for senior citizens senior seniors and pets sense of well being Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 66.251.33.19 66.251.33.19 jmiller false true false false true 205857 false false true false false false true 95422 blog blogsite/SeniorSafety/web