Interview with an old lady, a resident of a retirement home, who was forced to abandon her cat following her hospitalization. She regularly returns to her ruined pavilion to feed her cat who remained faithful to her despite the separation...and she would like to have her cat on her knees.
Seniors are often forced to separate from their pets when they enter the hospital or retirement home. Interview with Joseph FRANCESCHI, Secretary of State for the Elderly and Mayor of Alfortville, who discusses the absence of national regulations on the presence of pets in retirement homes, the choice being at the discretion of the directors of the various establishments. He also recalls the arguments used to refuse the animals: the discomfort for the neighbors and the death of the elderly owner of the pet who thus remains without a master.
Report evoking the well-being that brings the presence of animals to the sick elderly who stay in hospitals or retirement homes. An association is in charge of bringing dogs to these different places. The exercises offered to residents allow them to work on mobility, language and memory. Interviews with Isabelle de TOURNEMIRE, founder of the association "Parole de chien", and some residents.
Interviewed by Virginie CRESPEAU, Philippe COTTEREAU, General Secretary of the Paul Emil Victor group, gives an update on the operation launched by the program "Animals and men" for pets to be admitted in retirement homes.
At the Paul Brousse hospital in Villejuif, interview with a patient, Maurice GIFFON, who was allowed to have a dog with him provided that the animal is clean..."it helps me to live and it makes me feel good", he says. Interview with Dr LANOE, geriatrician, who talks about the presence of animals in hospital as an attempt to humanize...
Open day at the SPA of Brugehas, in the department of Allier. Residents of a retirement home came to adopt a dog. The presence of an animal in such a place can serve as therapy because it allows to renew the dialogue with the outside world. Interview with Jacqueline FAUCHER, National President of the SPA (Society for the Protection of Animals) who says: "first it is the finger that is pointed at the dog, then it is the caress and, then, it is the conversation with the animal".