With a nationally aging population, nursing homes and assisted living facilities are a necessity throughout the United States. While these places have a multitude of negative and positive connotations, one thing is clear. Giving seniors the responsibility of a pet improves their happiness, life expectancy, and overall well-being. Faced with long monotonous days, the excitement and dependency of a pet gives seniors something to be in charge of and invigorated by. Studies have shown the ownership and responsibility of a cat, dog, hamster, or even a fish, have dramatically improved the outlook of seniors. Pets encourage daily exercises, such as walking, and socialization between residents and their respective animals. Residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities have reported that owning a pet fosters joy and love, and reduces stress and boredom.
Pets for Seniors
What claim does the author make?
Owning a pet improves the lives of seniors in nursing homes.
This answer is correct. The author’s primary claim is that the responsibility of a pet leads to happier, more fulfilled seniors.
A cat or dog is a better pet than a fish.
This is incorrect because there is no evidence to support this claim. In fact, the author states that a cat, dog, or fish provide benefits to seniors.
The number of seniors in the United States is a fast-growing national issue.
While the author states the number of seniors in the US is increasing, they neither state that it is an issue nor is this a primary claim. This answer is incorrect.
Seniors are unhappy.
This is implied in the passage’s focus on pets improving the happiness of seniors, and is an inference the reader could make, but is not the author’s primary claim. This answer is incorrect.
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