Hospice plays an important role in our community, as they offer their patients quality care, comfort, and emotional support.

For Hospice patients, the most important part of their twilight years is the love and comfort that they receive from their family and loved ones. Pets play a major part in these patients’ quality of life.

For them, they aren’t just pets, they are family.

They offer unconditional love, affection, loyalty, and the purest form of understanding. For Hospice patients, this means a lot.

However, as much as they appreciate the care and love that their pets give them, they can’t help but think about what will happen to them when they leave.

Indeed, it’s heartbreaking to leave the people and the pets that you love.

So, it’s a good thing that organizations such as Pet Peace of Mind exist. Now, hospice patients won’t have to worry about their pets anymore.

In an Interview with Healthy Food House, Pet Peace of Mind President Dianne McGill said:

“The program was designed to be an extension of hospice’s overall mission to provide care and support for patients and their families during the end of life journey. Since many patients consider their pets essential family members, the program is there to acknowledge and validate this important element of the patient’s support network.”

Pet Peace of Mind aims to share awareness with hospice, hospitals, and even home health organizations.

They want to make sure that the people in these types of care facilities know the importance of pets in the lives of their terminally ill patients.

“For many terminally ill patients, pets provide a powerful antidote – sometimes the most powerful antidote – to isolation, loneliness, and depression,” President Dianne McGill shares.

Without these pets near them, some patients may suffer from depression. Most of their patients even consider their pets as their reason to live.

These loving pets help them in so many ways.

Each day, these pets provide positivity, love, and even give their terminally ill owners a reason to smile. This is already such a big deal for every patient that they have.

They give their owners a reason to live another day with a smile.

According to their website:

“I know of countless patients who have said that their pet is their lifeline. Pets are great medicine for coping with the anxiety that comes from dealing with a serious medical condition. For many patients, keeping their pets near them during the end of life journey and finding homes for their beloved pets after they pass is one of the most important pieces of unfinished business.” — Dianne McGill

The organization also runs on donations and even volunteers.

These people who have the heart to share and donate help make their mission a reality.

With the donations that they get, the pets are able to get their needs met, and they even allow the organization to take care of finding them a new home after the death of their beloved owners.

This ensures their owners that, even if the time comes that they have to leave their pets behind, they know they will be in good hands.

Learn more about the amazing mission of Pet Peace of Mind and don’t forget to spread awareness.

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Source: Pet Peace of Mind, Healthy Food House, Pet Peace of Mind – Facebook