You Have a Visitor: Observations on Pet Visitation and Therapy, by Renee Lamm Esordi
You have a visitor. For nursing home residents and hospital patients, those four words are enough to send a sublime chill of anticipation down the spine. That’s to say nothing of the spiritual healing and emotional reawakening the patients experience when the door opens and the four-legged therapist actually steps into the room. In this aptly titled