Prosser Memorial Health is excited to announce a partnership with Love on a Leash, a national non-profit agency committed to bringing comfort, happiness and healing to people through pet-provided therapy services. Prosser Memorial Health has finalized the policies required to allow approved pets in a hospital setting. The program began in June under the direction of Acute Care Unit Director Marla Davis. “It’s important for all of us at Prosser Memorial Health to provide a new layer of care and healing in a patient’s recovery. For many of us pets are an important part of our lives and our family. To be able to offer pet therapy as part of their overall care plan is exciting,” said Davis. Animal-assisted therapy can significantly reduce pain, anxiety, depression and fatigue in people with a range of health problems and reduce the stress and anxiety that can come from a hospital stay. And it's not only people with health problems who reap the benefits. Family members and friends who sit in on animal visits say they feel better, too.
The local Love on a Leash chapter has designated Loki and Fritz as regular visitors to Prosser Memorial Health patients. Fritz is a lovable Boxer owned by our very own ER Nurse, Suzanne Merk. To learn more about Love on a Leash and pet therapy at Prosser Memorial Health, call the Prosser Memorial Health’s Community Relations Team at 509-786-6601.
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