Catalina Springs Memory Care facility has teamed up with Pima Animal
Care Center to do something truly wonderful.
They’ve created a new kitten-care program, which brings abandoned
kittens into the care home so residents can provide them with the care they
need.
This is pretty important for the kittens, FYI, as kittens separated from
their mothers have a very low rate of survival unless someone steps in to
provide feeding and comfort around the clock.
It’s lovely for the residents, too, as they get the joy of playing with
tiny kittens. Which is brilliant.
The first kittens to join the program are Peaches and Turtle. They
arrived at Pima Animal Care Center in October, weighing under 200g each.
They’ll need feedings, affection, and care – which the care home’s
residents are happy to provide.
‘To some it may seem peculiar at first: Residents who are in need of
around-the-clock care themselves, given the task to care for these young
kittens,’ said Sharon Mercer, the Executive Director at Catalina Springs Memory Care.
‘But there are skills, emotions and needs that do not just leave a
person with Dementia or Alzheimer’s.
‘The desire to give love and receive love remains.
The kittens have given us the opportunity to nurture this human
condition that lies in each and every one of our residents.’
Peaches and Turtle have already nearly doubled in weight and are happy
and healthy.
Once the kittens are fully grown and ready, they’ll be placed up for
adoption – although given that one nurse has already applied to adopt one of
the kittens involved in the program, we reckon a few may become permanent care
home cats.
SOURCE: metro.co.uk, Ellen Scott
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