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• Cat Therapy Programme
Have your cats "trained" to provide help for the elderly, the handicapped and the sick deal with their problems.
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Do you own a cat? Why not become a Cat Therapist?

You and your cat can sign up as a volunteer under the Cat Therapy Programme organised by the NorthEast CDC and the Cat Welfare Society.

Cat owners can have their cats "trained" to provide help for the elderly, the handicapped and the sick deal with their problems. Cat Therapists and their cats would visit elderly at eldercare centres where the elderly is encouraged to pet and help the cat. This can help strengthen weakened muscles as well as provide an incentive for the elderly to move around.

Stroking an animal is also known to lower the blood pressure, leading to a sense of well being.

The soft touch of a cat's fur can also be very therapeutic, as many sick elderly have few opportunities for human contact. Physical contact with cats provide the essential warmth of physical contact that all humans crave.

If you are interested, please email shari@northeast.org.sg Check out website www.northeast.org.sg for the latest projects and activities offered by the NorthEast CDC.

 

   
     
 
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