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White Plains Hospital Caring Canines Provide a Healing Touch
White Plains, NY – White Plains Hospital employees Roseanne Braiotta (of New Rochelle), Director of Volunteer Services and Sue Lowden, RN, (of New Rochelle) a nurse on staff, along with their dogs Brady and Molly, received their therapy dog re-certification from Delta Society on May 12th.Brady and Molly are among eight dogs participating in White Plains Hospital’s pet therapy program - Caring Canines. In order to qualify for the Caring Canines program, dogs and their owners must participate in series of training classes, pass the required testing, and get a pet therapy certification. Delta Society requires therapy dogs be re-certified every two years.
Caring Canines is an important program for WPH. The dogs and their handlers visit patients offering comfort and stress reduction. The interaction between patient and dog can help lower patient’s blood pressure to improve heart and lung function, decrease anxiety, depression and loneliness, and so much more. And the benefit is not just to the patients- therapy dogs provide stress relief for staff as well.
To learn more about White Plains Hospital’s Caring Canines program, call (914) 681-2184.
Contact Information:
Natalia Sturtz-Verastegui
Community Relations & Marketing Associate
White Plains Hospital
914-681-1119
nsturtzverastegui@wphospital.org
White Plains Hospital (WPH) is a 292-bed voluntary, not-for-profit health care organization with the primary mission of offering high quality, acute health care and preventive medical care to all people who live in, work in or visit Westchester County and its surrounding areas. Centers of Excellence include the Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center, The William & Sylvia Silberstein Neonatal & Maternity Center, The Ruth and Jerome A. Siegel Stroke Center and The Westchester Orthopedic Institute. The Hospital has the busiest Emergency Department in Westchester County, treating nearly 50,000 patients a year. White Plains Hospital is the only hospital in Westchester County licensed to perform emergency & elective angioplasty. The Hospital is a nine-time winner of the Consumer Choice Award, an honor given to the nation’s top hospitals by the National Research Corporation. WPH is a member of the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System and the Stellaris Health Network, Inc. For additional information, visit http://www.wphospital.org.
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White Plains, NY 10601
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