Скачать или смотреть Addressing Pet Safety with Victims of Abuse in Later Life

Pets can play a crucial role in the emotional and physical well-being of older adults, offering companionship, reducing feelings of loneliness, lowering stress, providing opportunities for physical exercise and engagement with the community, and for some, providing assistance with day-to-day activities.

Older survivors may already face service barriers in emergency or temporary housing that lack accessible accommodations or age-tailored supports. Most domestic violence shelters are unable to accommodate pets, which further limits options for older survivors wishing to leave an abusive situation. Safety considerations for older survivors with animals are essential to ensuring both the well-being of the individuals and their pets.

To address this critical intersection, NCALL collaborated with the Animal Welfare Institute and the Rape and Abuse Crisis Center in Fargo, ND to offer this webinar.