2024-07-08 11:51:42
Considered as the man’s best friendsabout twenty of dogs bring joy in patient-assisted therapies, with the aim of improving their mood during their stay in hospitals and supporting them in their treatments.
Founded in 2016, the Center for Activities and Therapies Assisted by Canines (Cenatac) works with young dogs that participate in therapies language, physiotherapyo psychology in hospital patients.
“The dog is a helper for the specialist. If the physiotherapist needs the child to throw the ball 15 times to get movement, it is usually more fun for him if he does it with the dog,” he explained. Vanessa Pallaresdirector and founder of Cenatac 24 HOURS.
Among the benefits of this type of therapies, specialists They point out a benefit to mental health, especially in patients with depression o long stays.
“Being alone in a hospital, with only family members in sight at certain times, makes patients depressed, so this has allowed the patient to feel calmer, without so much stress,” said the doctor. Maria del Carmen Jaimes, director of the Coyoacán Pediatric Hospital.
The program has 19 dogs, 16 working and 3 puppies in training. Some of them were adopted, while others were rescued or donated.
To ensure the well-being of patients, animals meet an appropriate profile of coexistence, in addition to having their schedule full vaccination and strict cleaning.
“Everything is a very careful process. The puppies have a cabin where they have an extra cleaning of their paws, an additional brushing of all their hair, they have to be completely well, and with studies of laboratory to confirm that they are healthy,” the doctor explained.
In addition to hospitals, the association’s dogs accompany patients in nursing homes and disability centers. “We only work in one hospital because we don’t want to tire the dogs out so much. We go to institutes for people with disabilities and an adult nursing home with disabilities. alzheimer”, commented on a technique of Cenatac.
The dogs in the program “have to be docile, adapt to being petted, hearing noises, the crying of children, they are dogs with a very specific profile,” explained Dr. del Carmen.
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