when animals take care of us

2024-03-24 11:21:41

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The idea of ​​integrating an animal into a care pathway is not new. Adobe Stock.

INVESTIGATION – “Animal-assisted therapies” are booming in France. A look back at the benefits of this practice, which is much older than we imagine.

Spring 2023: a funny four-legged oncologist is making headlines in the media. Tender eyes, drooping ears and a friendly face, Snoopy, an almost 3-year-old English setter, adopted from the Pornic SPA, has just joined the “Wounds and Healing” team at the Institut Curie. Like his colleagues, he wears a badge with his name and even has an email address! “This is the first time in France that a hospital has recruited a dog, full-time, in a care unit, to bring a little gentleness in the difficult and uncertain moments of the illness, or during waiting times that are always too long in consultation or during hospitalization,” explains the Institut Curie for whom “Reducing patients’ stress and anxiety is fundamental. » Caregivers “are also very sensitive to the presence of Snoopy who brightens up their often complex daily lives.”

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