How therapy dogs are bringing comfort to hospice patients in Metro Detroit
04/09/24 at 03:00 AM
How therapy dogs are bringing comfort to hospice patients in Metro Detroit
The Detroit News, by Anne Snabes; 4/7/24
For over two months, hospice patient Virginia Favero has been getting occasional visits from Sam the beagle-mix, providing her with a canine companion. Sam isn't her dog, but he's there to bring her comfort. Sam's owner, Rachel Marshall, typically has the dog sit on a black folding chair, so Favero can reach him from her recliner chair in the Pomeroy Living community in Northville. ... "It really warms her heart when he comes," said Lynn Favero, Virginia Favero's daughter.