What families need to know about a renewed debate over rules for nursing homes that sedate dementia patients.

Brock Shaffer of Clearfield and his certified therapy dog Sully attended a bereavement support group meeting at Penn Highlands Clearfield on Wednesday.

POLAND, Ohio (WKBN) – Students in Poland are getting a new “teacher” of sorts.

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Wega carefully places her hooves on the dark laminate floor. Step by step, the small-statured Haflinger mare ventures into the foyer of the nursing home in Bückeburg in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Inside Philadelphia prisons, the most anticipated visitor is a dog. Therapy dog programs are now built into prison life; they help staff manage tension and give inmates rare moments of emotional reset ...

“The interaction with Teddy and the connection he creates gives patients energy, strength, motivation and a sense of inner happiness,” Keren Matry, a senior nurse and therapy dog specialist at Rabin ...

It’s a tough time for nursing homes and their residents. The most recent data from 2025 shows that there are around 1.24 million residents in nursing homes across the United States, according to KFF, ...

Journalist Liz Freeman was inspired to write about pet therapy by her curiosity about the volunteers and their animals. Freeman notes that interviewing the elderly can be time-consuming, while ...

Great Dane puppy Wren is training to step in for aging Hulu, a St. Cloud Hospital favorite.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Leadership at a Staten Island nursing home says it could soon close its doors if state funding doesn’t improve. Michael Kraus, the administrator at Silver Lake Specialized Care ...

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