Pet Therapy Ranch – What a great day for our Alzheimer’s Residents

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What a fabulous day for an outing to the Pet Therapy Ranch in Lakewood with our Alzheimer’s Residents.  We had a wonderful day with Kim and Laurel who are incredible teachers and therapists.  Take a look at our day via the video link, it will make your day. {pet therapy ranch|Alzheimer’s residents|Applewood Our House} This will be a wonderful activity for all three homes once a month.  We hope you will join us on a…

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Pet Therapy for Alzheimer's Patients – The Health Benefits That Pets Can Provide Senior Citizens

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    At each of our Applewood Our House locations, the inclusion of pets into the daily lives of our residents, is very important to us.  We have a house dog at each location and some of our caregiver staff also bring their dogs to work with them.  Pets can really help our residents who suffer from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is an incurable form of dementia. It vastly decreases the mental…