“X – A Risk Management Tool to Protect Both People and Pets in Residential Aged Care Facilities”

March 22, 2024

Janette is a researcher at the University of South Australia whose research focuses on the intersections of human health and animal lives in particular pet animals. She has had a varied career starting out as a Social Worker in community aged care, then policy and planning work and then academia. People and pets has been […]

Australian veterans’ experience of pet ownership: Benefits, costs, and moderating factors

June 8, 2023

Safe Animal Friendly Environments (SAFE) Janette talks about a risk management tool specifically developed for use in high level, residential aged care settings to facilitate continued pet-animal relationships for frail older people. Needing to part with a loved non-human companion or choosing not to continue having pets because of the fear of such parting, has […]