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Follow on Google News | The Pet Care Trust Awards Grant to Children's Hospital BostonChildren’s Hospital Boston program’s “Parent and Child Perspectives on Dog Visitation in a Pediatric Hospital” need for research grant money fulfilled by the Pet Care Trust.
By: Pet Care Trust The dog visitation program has been operating successfully at Children’s Hospital Boston since 2003. “It’ The program usually has 10 to 12 dog and handler teams operating on a continuous basis. Each team commits to twice-monthly visits of sixty to ninety minutes, and teams visit virtually all of the pediatric hospital’s units, with the exception of the ICU. The program accepts dog that are certified by therapy dog organizations or that hold their Canine Good Citizen designation, and the program conducts their own specialized training and orientation. It’s evident to those who have seen firsthand the positive impact the dog and handler teams have on everyone they visit that the program has been a success, but the research project will provide valuable evidence to the hospital. Veit says that another goal of the project is to establish best-practices for the program and for other hospitals who may want to start a similar visitation program. “We’ Veit says that thanks to the support received from the Pet Care Trust, the research team can complete the videotaping process as well as the analysis of the data collected. “We want to improve our program and prove to the hospital that what we do really does help,” Veit says. “But we really would like to set ourselves up as a best practice program and help other programs that are getting started or help them improve their program in any way and we’re hoping that [this grant] allows us to do that.” # # # About Pet Care Trust: The Pet Care Trust is a non-profit, charitable public foundation established in 1990. The Trust’s mission is to promote humane and responsible care and treatment of companion animals; to focus national attention on the important and vital role which responsible companion pet ownership places within society; to provide funding for pet research, special projects and education programs; to improve animal health and welfare; to support the human animal bond and interactions; End
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