Tag: pet-therapy
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Paws-up for pet therapy in our hematology unit
There are a couple of new dogs in town and they’re hitting the hematology unit at Hamilton Health Sciences’ (HHS)...
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Paws-itive virtual therapy
Since 2002, pet therapy has been a welcome event for palliative care patients at Hamilton Health Sciences’ St. Peter’s Hospital...
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Robotic pets delight patients with dementia
Patients at St. Peter's Hospital are now benefitting from a new type of pet therapy. The process isn't all that different, but the pets are. They're robotic...
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A purrfect holiday gift from Zachary’s Paws for Healing
A patient at Hamilton General Hospital (HGH) got an early Christmas present recently. Ivor Jones, who has been at HGH...
![Zachary's Paws for Healing at ABI Program](https://www.hamiltonhealthsciences.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ponies-and-goat-at-rehab-centre-14.jpg)
Courtyard becomes a barnyard to benefit patients with ABI
Two horses and a goat in a tutu walk into a hospital… This could be the start to a bad...
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HHS introduces Canada’s first PICU therapy dog
The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at McMaster Children’s Hospital has a new part time resident. His name is Lukus and...
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