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Location: North-East Birmingham, UK
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Question about PAT dogs for an elderly relative
I know that usually PAT dogs tend to visit group homes and hospitals etc. but is it possible to get a PAT dog to visit an elderly, housebound relative?
My nan has dementia & it's getting quite bad now but she really likes dogs & really lights up when she's around one. She doesn't really get to see anyone very much anymore, just the carers who come to take care of her & my aunts a couple of times a week so I think she's quite lonely. She used to have dogs of her own & would love a dog now but with her dementia & the fact that she is housebound, there's no way she could have one now. I think having a PAT dog visit once a week or just once a month would do her a world of good.
I don't suppose anyone would know if getting a PAT dog to visit her would even be possible or of any charities I could contact who arrange this sort of thing for the elderly? Specifically in the South Glamorgan area of South Wales?
ETA: I would visit her with my dog but she lives in Wales and I don't get to see her much as it is. Whenever I go down, I take Molly with me though & she really loves it