Puppy Love is our program of taking puppies and small dogs to
visit residents of nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Not exact matches
Included here are regular
visits to
nursing homes, whose
residents are usually the most neglected and the worst - off
of the older age groups, sometimes forced to endure shocking conditions.
Graduating family medicine
residents have indicated they intend to provide a broader scope
of practice than that reported by current family physicians, including for prenatal care, inpatient care,
nursing home care,
home visits, and women's health procedures, according to a study in the December 8 issue
of JAMA, a theme issue on medical education.
Remember that time you were
visiting your great aunt at the
nursing home and one
of the more colorful
residents decided to caress your skin?
Benefits
of Community Service Learning Types
of Community Service Learning Projects Steps in Doing a Community Service Learning Project Questions and Concerns Five Projects In - Depth The Dog Poop Project The Bus Bully Project Wetlands as Classroom and Service Opportunity Biographies
of Nursing Home Residents Trick - or - Treating for UNICEF Thirteen Projects At - A-Glance Quilt Project Heifer Project
Visits to an Alzheimer's Unit Vegetable Garden Water Testing Coral Transplant Project Books on Tape Bias in Literature Salmon Restoration Student - Run Business Multi-Site Community Service Learning Voter Registration and Awareness Drive Hunger Awareness Conclusion Community Service Learning Resources Northeast Foundation for Children, 2002, 129 pages, paper ISBN: 1 -892989-07-7
Having pets in
nursing homes (be it therapy animals,
visiting furry companions or
resident pets) can provide its elderly
residents a sense
of joy and relief.
A lot
of the
residents at
nursing homes or in long - term care have had to give up their pets, and they find immense joy in
visiting with some
of ours.
Thirty - six percent
of emergency room
visits by
nursing home residents are injuries from falls, which is easily the most preventable kind
of injury.
For the loved ones
of nursing home residents, it is imperative that
visits be as frequent as possible.