 Pet Therapy is Wonderful!
As a Director of Nursing at an area N.H., I bring my Lilly to work everyday and we host many, many therapy dogs. The program is heartwarming to see. I have seen residents who never speak or smile open up when a therapy dog is placed in their arms. Yes, please do it! If you are with your dog, you can control the visits. We do not have pills or needles laying around! We also have a facility cat and since she does have run of the building she does sometimes get fed people food, with kind coaching it usually stops. You just cannot know how much the elder folks benefit from these animal visits! |