Providing resources for individuals who desire the companionship of a pet but face limitations in caring for them.
Pets can play a significant role in our lives, particularly during our "golden years" when we have more time to devote to them. They offer companionship, especially when human company becomes challenging to access. If you find yourself restricted in fully caring for a pet, there are resources available to help you keep them in your life. Services like dog walking can assist in meeting their needs while accommodating your capabilities.
Additionally, coping with the loss of a beloved pet can be incredibly challenging. Resources are also available to support you during this difficult time. Explore the options that exist to help you navigate the emotions that arise from the loss of a cherished pet.
Remember, you are not alone, and there are resources ready to assist you in maintaining the company of a pet and dealing with the grief that may follow their passing.
Websites Offering Support:
The Cinnamon Trust
is the only specialist national charity for people in their last years and their much loved, much needed companion animals.
A network of 15,000 volunteers “hold hands” with owners to provide vital loving care for their pets. The trust works to keep the owner and the pet together – for example, they’ll walk a dog every day for a housebound owner, they’ll foster pets when owners need hospital care, they’ll fetch the cat food, or even clean out the bird cage, etc.
When staying at home is no longer an option, you can find a lists of care homes and retirement housing happy to accept residents with pets, and providing previous arrangements have been made with the trust, they will take on life time care of a bereaved pet.
Blue Cross for Pets
has a Pet Bereavement Support Service on 0800 096 6606 (UK only including northern Ireland). Alternatively you can also email the Pet Bereavement Support Service on pbssmail@bluecross.org.uk
Animal Welfare Foundation
As a pet owner you may have to cope with the difficult experience of the death of an animal that you love.
There is lots of advice available on how to cope with bereavement but situations when you have to take the decision for your vet to end your pet’s life to avoid their suffering are rarely talked about.
‘Saying goodbye – the ultimate kindness’ will tell you everything you need to know about euthanasia -the act of putting your animal to sleep – so that you know what to expect and the choices that you will have.
Books on this subject:
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages
One of the most important psychological studies of the late twentieth century,OnDeath and Dyinggrew out of Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s famous interdisciplinary seminar on death, life and transition. In this remarkable book, Dr. Kubler-Ross first explores the now-famous stages of death: denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Through sample interviews and conversations, she gives the reader a better understanding of how imminent death affects the patient, the professionals who serve that patient, and the patient’s family, bringing hope to all who are involved. This new edition will include an introduction by Dr. Ira Byock, a prominent palliative care physican and the author of Dying Well.
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