Kittens & Seniors
Make The Most Adorable Pair
PACC saving kittens with the help of seniors
In a new program designed to save pets’ lives, Pima Animal Care Center
has partnered with residents from Catalina Springs Memory Care to
provide bottle feeding, socialization, and love to kittens that have
come into the shelter.
New program has Pima County residents with memory issues caring for
newborn kittens. Every year Pima Animal Care Center takes in roughly
20,000 animals, mostly dogs and cats. Newborn kittens can be problematic
for any shelter because they need round the clock care and have weak
immune systems. Residents at Catalina Springs Memory Care, along with
staff, acted as a collective foster family for two kittens in a pilot
project that will expand in the future. Project manager Rebecca Hamilton
calls it “a perfect use of resources for the good of both.”
These Kittens & Seniors
Make The Most Adorable Pair
Did you know that new kittens need to be bottle fed every couple of
hours? The problem is most shelters don’t have the man-power to take
care of all the kittens’ needs! In order to solve this dilemma, the Pima
Animal Care Center and Catalina Springs Memory Care Center are pairing
up and both the kittens and the seniors are benefitting from it.
The Pima Animal Care Center solely relies on the help of foster families
to care for new kittens. So, when two kittens were abandoned at the
Pima Animal Care Center, they needed some help. Thanks to Catalina
Springs Memory Care and their senior residents, these kittens are now
being well cared for and will be completely ready for their forever
homes.
The constant love and contact does not only benefit the kittens, but the
seniors too. The Catalina Springs Memory Care center serves the needs
of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia and other forms of
memory loss. The contact with the kittens helps residents remember
specific memories from their childhood, which is not easy for the
patients at the memory center.
This video is produced by Tracy Chevrier and shot/edited by David Icely.
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