Joyce Collingwood leans in near Cooper, a remedy canine, at St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake Metropolis on Monday, June 12, 2023. The canine remedy program is resuming following COVID-19. Scott G Winterton, Deseret Information
St. Mark’s Hospital, along with Intermountain Remedy Animals, is once more offering a pet remedy program for sufferers who might profit from interactions with animals throughout visits to its facility in Salt Lake Metropolis.
The favored visits needed to be placed on maintain throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, however have resumed to the delight of sufferers, caregivers, and hospital workers and guests.
Intermountain Remedy Animals make visits to hospitals, rehabilitation amenities, universities throughout midterms and finals weeks, airports throughout high-stress journey days, and different areas for particular occasions. The group additionally runs the Studying Schooling Help Canine program, the place kids learn books to remedy canine to construct confidence whereas bettering literacy and communication abilities.