What a lovely organisation. Yes it can be very important, not only for the human, but also for the animal, not to have to sever contact just because the human is in hospital.
I was allowed to bring our dog in to visit my husband during his last days in a cottage hospital near where I live. Of course -that wasn't allowed in the big hospitals he had been in previously. But I had him moved towards the end to a much gentler place.
I was allowed to take Misty in to visit my mother in the hospice, where she stayed for a few weeks. It did cheer her up. She had bad dementia but was often fairly lucid when Misty was around. The other patients liked Misty too, and she brought a ray of normality and 'sunshine' with her.
She would trot along the corridor, and some of those end-stage cancer patients, or very old people would grin and wave at us. They loved to see her there.
I was allowed to bring our dog in to visit my husband during his last days in a cottage hospital near where I live. Of course -that wasn't allowed in the big hospitals he had been in previously. But I had him moved towards the end to a much gentler place.
I was allowed to take Misty in to visit my mother in the hospice, where she stayed for a few weeks. It did cheer her up. She had bad dementia but was often fairly lucid when Misty was around. The other patients liked Misty too, and she brought a ray of normality and 'sunshine' with her.
She would trot along the corridor, and some of those end-stage cancer patients, or very old people would grin and wave at us. They loved to see her there.
