Where the Trail Grows Faint
Subtitle: A Year in the Life of a Therapy Dog Team (River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: May 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780803224322
Subjects: Animals & society; Care of the elderly; Medical / Nursing; Dogs - General; Therapeutic use; Pets; Rehabilitation; Older people; Allied Health Services - Occupational Therapy; Pets / Dogs / General; Dogs; Aging - General; Human-animal relationships
First sentence: "Hey! Is my husband here?" demands an ancient woman in a wheelchair as I'm searching for the activity coordinator who will orient me as the first animal-assisted therapist in the Golden View Nursing Home.