Cats In A Medically Supportive Role Pt 6

: We have a special needs granddaughter who loves the animal world

: She does much better with a dog that is larger

: These cats belong to an organisation that takes them visiting all over the place

: how liberating it can be to someone to just be able to hold and fondle and pet a cat

Cats In A Medically Supportive Role Pt 6

We have a special needs granddaughter who loves the animal world – we tried her with a cat, but she was too rough with it and hurt it to the point of it becoming aggressive – not through any fault of her own were she a normal thinking person. It’s just that with her disabilities both mental and physical she was unable to be careful and soft and cuddly with a cat. She does much better with a dog that is larger and able to take her rough treatment in a much more sturdy way.

Other families that I have observed with mental illness in their family take to a cat much more readily. The y are, after all, normally domestic creatures of a friendly disposition and can be good for anyone working out of an anxious or depressed state of mind.

There are also cats that are known as Therapy cats. These cats belong to an organisation that takes them visiting all over the place – to rest homes, to individuals with special needs, to hospitals, to kindergartens, and to schools. There are many places where a Therapy cat be needed for short periods of time and not as a live-in type of situation. Cats of course have to qualify for this service – they first of all have to be registered as a Therapy Cat with an organisation. Other requirements of them are that they should be familiar with travelling and will travel with and with ease. They should be very social animals with an ability to be calm in all situations with an assortment of people and personalities. They should have a minimal shedding problem.

Their roles then would be to help with people undertaking therapy on a physical basis. Perhaps when one is recovering from surgery, or doing their best to regain their motor skills after stroke or accidents. It is amazing just how liberating it can be to someone to just be able to hold and fondle and pet a cat.

What an amazing feeling of accomplishment that would bring to someone’s mental state being able to do something as simple as that when previous to this they have suffered such debilitating awkwardness due to something that has cut them off from leading a normal life for a period of time.

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