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The following facilities are looking for Pet Partners to help support programs. Please contact the listed Volunteer Coordinator if you are interested in participating. Facilities are categorized into the following geographic areas: Boston Metro, North Shore, South Shore, Central and Western Massachusetts, New Hampshire & Maine, and Rhode Island & Connecticut
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Boston Metro, Massachusetts
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Melrose Care Center, Melrose Melrose Care Center is a 106 bed skilled nursing facility dedicated to the long and short-term needs of their residents. The Care Center is looking for animal-assisted activity visits, one or two times per month on a consistent basis. For information about volunteering please contact Rebecca Alfonso, Activity Director at 781-665-7050 or www.beverlycares.com for more information. |
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Walnut Street Center, Somerville The Walnut Street Center, is a nonprofit, human service agency that provides comprehensive support services to adults who have developmental disabilities and their families. The agency was founded in 1970 by parents who wanted supports for their children, and other adults who had similar needs, in their community. Since then the Walnut Street Center has further expanded their services to help benefit this aging population by opening a Day Habilitation program. The Day Habilitation program offers adults who have developmental disabilities (such as cerebral palsy, Alzheimer's disease, legal blindness) intensive medical, behavioral and therapeutic services, in order to enhance their quality of life. The Day Hab is looking for animal-assisted activity visits two time per month on a consistent basis. Our hours are 9am to 3pm. There are also medically intensive residences and Alzheimer's Disease residences that would greatly benefit from evening visits (4pm onwards). For more information about our program or volunteering please contact, Jennifer Turpin, Day Hab Manager at 617-629-5107 or email . Visit our web site at www.wscinc.org for more information. |
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Supportive Living Program at the Frank J. Manning Apartments, Cambridge The Supportive Living Program in the Frank J. Manning Apartments is an innovative program which offers enhanced services to the elderly and disabled residents of state funded housing to support their ability to live independently for as long as possible. Unlike other State Home Care programs, residents are able to access services through on site staff available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The SLP program is looking for animal-assisted activity visits, one or two times per month on a consistent basis. For more information about volunteering, please contact Megan Johnson, Supportive Living Coordinator at 617-628-2601 ext. 3071, or via email at . |
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Drop-in Center, Cambridge The Cambridge Drop-In Center is a members only program located in a rented space of the Hope Fellowship Baptist Church at 16 Beech St. in Cambridge Ma. (located just outside Davis Square). The Drop-In Center has been in existence for 25 years, this location for 20 years. The Center is staffed by clinicians and mental health workers of various disciplines who also work at the Dept. of Outpatient Psychiatricy of the Cambridge Health Alliance. Our Funding is provided by various sources such as North Charles Mental, The Mass Department of Mental Health and private benefactors and donations. Our clients are adults with chronic major mental illness who live in the surrounding communities in private or supported housing. We try to provide a fun, safe comfortable place for our clients to drop in for some socialization or for a special event such as a lunch program, art group, health group and occasional trips into the community to places like Drumlin Farm and the Topsfield Fair. With the help of programs like Pet Partners we hope for many more opportunities to continue this goal. Our members are socially limited due to their illness and income who love animals of all kinds but aren't able to own and care for there many needs. They would tremendously enjoy the interaction with animals. The Drop-in Center's hours are Monday from 1:30-5:00pm, Tuesday from 12:30-4:30pm and Friday from 1:00-4:00pm. For more information about volunteering, please contact Janet Lividoti at 617-591-6133, or via email at . |
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Chetwynde Health and Rehabilitation Center, West Newton Chetwynde Health and Rehabilitation Center, located in West Newton, is a 75 bed nursing facility specializing in long term, short term, and respite care. Chetwynde is conviently located at 1650 Washington Street (Rt 16), at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue (Rt 30). Our residents adore animals...some of them actually prefer petting a fuzzy friend rather than talking with people! We are interested in developing more relationships with pets and their owners, providing. We are very flexible with scheduling; some of our volunteers come in weekly, while others come in monthly. To set up a visit, please contact Allison Manheim Caplin, Director of Activities at . |
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North Shore, Massachusetts
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Ashland Farm at North Andover Ashland Farm is the premier assisted living community in the Merrimack Valley offering traditional assisted living as well as the Harbor Program for the memory impaired. Ashland Farm provides residents with personalized service plans tailored to meet their unique needs. Ashland Farm is looking for animal-assisted activity visits, two times per month on a consistent basis. For information about volunteering please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at 978-683-1300 or www.benchmarkquality.com for more information. |
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Prescott House at North Andover Prescott House is a 126 bed skilled nursing facility dedicated to the long and short-term needs of their residents. Prescott House is looking for animal-assisted activity visits, two times per month on a consistent basis. For information about volunteering please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at 978-685-8086. |
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Hospice of the North Shore, Danvers Hospice of the North Shore, Serving Essex County | |
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Renassance Gardens at Brooksby Village, Peabody We're the health care neighborhood at the Brooksby Village community in Peabody, Massachusetts. We offer the following types of care: Assisted Care, Short-Term Rehab, Respite Care, Alzheimer's Care, and Long-Term Care. For information about volunteering please contact Michelle Burgess, Community Outreach Coordinator at 978-536-7920 or www.thecareexperts.com for more information. |
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Community Health and Alternative Opportunity Services (CHAOS), Beverly The Animal Assisted Therapy Program through Community Health and Alternative Opportunity Services (CHAOS) brings together therapy animals/handlers with a variety of populations to maximize the therapeutic experience. Some of the populations we work with include children at risk, the elderly and people with a history of mental illness. Our role is to collaborate with program staff to establish goals and to support the pet partner team in achieving those goals. We are currently planning to implement our services at programs in the following towns: Beverly, Haverhill, Ipswich, Woburn, Medford and Lawrence. For information about volunteering please contact Jennifer Pearlson, Associate Director, CHAOS. 7 Thorndike St., Beverly, MA 01915 (978)927-0217 x 202 |
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Care Alternatives Hospice, serving Middlesex County Care Alternatives Hospice is a private organization that delivers holistic end of life palliative care to terminally ill patients and their families. Care Alternatives is committed to guiding, supporting and assisting the terminally ill and their loved ones by delivering care that meets the needs of mind, body and spirit. Care Alternatives philosophy views holistic therapies, such as pet therapy, as essential to the patient's quality of life. Pet Therapy volunteers are needed to provide visits to our hospice patients who live in skilled nursing facilities. Facilities are located in several areas in Middlesex County including Concord, Lexington, Marlborough, Northborough, Sudbury and the surrounding areas. Pet Therapy volunteers can be assigned to patients in nursing facilities that are convenient to their home. The time requirement is 1-3 hours per week. For information about volunteering please contact Carol Sazama at 1-866-508-8390, Ext. 103. |
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Fidelity House Human Services, serving Merrimack Valley Fidelity House Human Services, founded in 1971, provides information, services and choices to individuals with disabilities and their families in Massachusetts' Merrimack Valley. Fidelity House strives to support the choices and meet the needs of the people it serves through a portfolio of diversified offerings including residential, educational, vocational, developmental and advocacy services. Residential Services is dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities build a better life for themselves, and is seeking Pet Partners to enrich the lives of some individuals who love animals, but have little or no opportunity to connect with them on a regular basis. Residential Services provides housing and support to individuals with disabilities 22 years of age or older. Supporting people in their homes creates a unique opportunity to have a profound influence on their quality of life. For more information about our program or volunteering please contact, Patricia Ford at 978-685-9471, Ext. 146, or email . Visit our web site at www. fidelityhhs.org for more information. |
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Hogan Regional Center, Danvers Hogan Regional Center is a residential facility in the Northeast Region of the Department of Mental Retardation (DMR). DMR is dedicated to creating, in partnership with others, innovative and genuine opportunities for individuals with mental retardation to participate fully and meaningfully in, and contribute to, their communities as valued members. Four Hathorne Circle is one of the residential buildings at Hogan Regional Center. It provides a home for approximately 74 individuals in eight apartments. The individuals encompass have a wide range of medical and behavioral needs as well as functional and communication skills. Four Hathorne Circle is looking for opportunities of animal assisted activity on a consistent basis. For information about volunteering please contact Brooke Braaten, OTR/L at (978) 774- 5000 x159. |
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South Shore, Massachusetts
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Tower Hill Center for Health & Rehabilitation, Canton Tower Hill is a JCAHO-accredited skilled nursing center that specializes in subacute care and short-term rehabilitation. For information about volunteering please contact Shirley Stein, Director of Jewish Programming at 781-961-5600 or www.commonwealthcommunity.com for more information. |
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Central, Massachusetts
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Glen Haven Academy, Marlborough The Glenhaven Academy for adolescent girls, the most recent campus added to the Meadowridge Schools, was established in 2001 as part of an ongoing commitment to developing state-of-the-art treatment approaches for difficult-to-serve or under-served populations. The program focuses on the special challenges of adolescent girls, from the ages of 12-20, with emotional and behavioral disturbances. Glen Haven Academy provides 24 hr round the clock care from our residential staff. Animal visitation groups consist of no more than 6 girls, with one teacher and one residential staff member. We are looking for volunteers who would like to stop by one or two evenings per week. The hours would be Monday-Thursday, evenings between 4-7PM and/or Saturday mid-morning (11:00AM). The girls would love to just brush and play with the dogs. For information about volunteering please contact Jennifer Jardine at 1-508-481-8077. |
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Western, Massachusetts
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Berkshire Medical Center, Pittsfield Berkshire Health Systems is the primary provider of healthcare services to residents of and visitors to Berkshire County and neighboring communities. A critical component of Berkshire Health Systems is found in the dedicated work of those who volunteer their time and efforts to help others each and every day. The Berkshire Medical Center has it's own base of Delta Society Pet Partner volunteers and an established animal-assisted activity program providing Pet Partner trainings, evaluations and on-site support. For information about volunteering please contact Terry Cormier at 413-447-2114 Ext. 3657 www.berkshirehealthsystems.com for more information. |
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New Hampshire & Maine
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Home Health & Hospice Care, Merrimack |
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Home Health & Hospice Care integrates a Pet Partner visitation program as part of the volunteer services it provides to hospice and homecare clients throughout southern NH and northern MA. Delta Society Pet Partner volunteers provide friendly visits in patient homes, in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and in the agency's Community Hospice House. They also participate in bereavement support, special events, and agency fundraisers. You can give this life-enhancing support in 1-4 hours per week, at your convenience, and no medical experience is required. The agency provides a free hospice volunteer training course. Home Health & Hospice Care has its own Delta Society Pet Partner affiliate group called Leash on Life of Southern New Hampshire. They have an established animal-assisted activity program providing Pet Partner trainings, evaluations and on-site support. For information about volunteering please contact Tanya Prather, Patient Care Volunteer Coordinator, at 603-424-3822 or www.hhhc.org for more information. Rhode Island & Connecticut
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