Merry Christmas To All Our Pets As Therapy Volunteers and Supporters
Wishing each and everyone of you, and your 2 and 4 legged loved ones, a fabulous Christmas day for those of you who are celebrating. Taking this opportunity to say how deeply I appreciate your support and / or volunteering with our charity and hopefully, it won't be too long, before we are clear of COVID and we can once again be able to offer our valuable and amazing community service to all health care facilities
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Merlin the cat brings joy and hope to a palliative care patient
English language teacher Deise Palmieri concedes that before a visit from a fluffy ragdoll cat, her life seemed to be heading downhill rapidly. An accomplished woman fluent in multiple languages, Deise, 66, is undergoing palliative care at Greenwich Hospital. Deise was diagnosed with an aggressive neck and facial cancer in February 2019. Deise’s journey with squamous cell cancer has changed her life, taking away
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AWL lobbies for Residential Pets
Animal Welfare League are encour aging Residential Aged Care Facilities to Allow Residents to Keep Their Pets: I supported the AWL to help encourage and support the managers and board members of residential care facilities to keep their pet when entering their care. We at Velma’s Pets have been aware of the multiple benefits pets are especially to aged, frail and vulnerable people. Twenty plus years ago when I sta
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Flu Vaccine New Requirement from May 2020
Having the influenza vaccination will be a new requirement for visiting all aged care facilities in Australia from 1 May 2020 As per the directive all suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, health practitioners, volunteers and other stakeholders seeking entry to aged care facilities must be vaccinated for influenza. This will be effective from 1 May 2020. This leaves a true dilemma for the managers of any Pets
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