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3 LANSDOWNE NEWS, WINTER 2018
Feature Article & News from Cranbrook Care

Delta Therapy

Dogs Visit

Delta Therapy Dogs recently paid a friendly visit to
Lansdowne Gardens! News from Cranbrook Care

Neutral Bay local, Debbie Kenyon and her dog D’Arcy, a By Nadia Panetta
Labrador cross-golden retriever, visited Lansdowne in
March. The visit was part of the Delta Therapy Dogs Cranbrook at Home helps you live life to the
program; a not-for-profit program aimed at promoting and fullest in the comfort of your own home.
facilitating positive interaction between people and
companion animals. The year is passing by very quickly as I settle into
my second season at Cranbrook at Home. It has
The residents had a great time interacting with and playing been lovely visiting our beautiful residences and
with D’Arcy. “It’s because he reminds us of when we were meeting some of our wonderful residents, their
younger and had dogs at home”, said 90-year-old Shirley families and our caring staff.
Freeburn, on the day of the visit. Delta Therapy Dogs make
regular visits to various places including nursing homes, This autumn, Cranbrook at Home has been
hospital wards, facilities for the disabled, educational involved in recruitment days at Bella Vista
institutions and universities. Gardens and Bayswater Gardens. I have met
some lovely caring people in the process and I
According to the Australian Companion Animal Council, the look forward to continuing to be a part of our
health benefits of these animals on humans include a drop wider recruitment process. I am also looking
in blood pressure, help with pain management, memory forward to having the opportunity to meet staff
improvement, better problem solving and a general calming and applicants at our other beautiful residences.
effect. With an increasing number of courts, corporations
and community facilities coming to realise the influential Work on our Home Care service offering
effects our four-legged friends have on the human spirit, it continues. I am really looking forward to
means D’Arcy and other canines will continue to be updating you in our Spring Newsletter to share
effective in this emerging area. the launch of our latest Cranbrook at Home
service offering. Cranbrook at Home tailors
services to suit individual needs. If you or anyone
you know needs assistance at home, please
contact me and I am happy to speak with you
about our services.

Contact Nadia Panetta on:

Phone: 02 9458 9950

Email: contact@cranbrookathome.com.au