Plants & Pets

• Residents who choose not to participate in group activities will benefit from a homelike environment that includes resident pets and plants and visits from children.
  
  
• Benefits of pet therapy - may motivate and encourage residents to stay healthy and exercise, a feeling of being needed, improved motor skills, a major difference in their comfort, progress and recovery.
  
  
• We encourage our Residents to be involved in caring for other living things and to build nurturing relationships between people, plants and pets.
  
  
• resident cats and birds provide ongoing companionship and create a homelike environment
  
  
• Visiting dogs through a partnership with Therapeutic Paws Of Canada is a volunteer -based therapy pet visitation program. www.tpoc.ca
  
  
• Benefits of Horticultural therapy - an innovative treatment method using plants and plant-related activities improves mobility, balance, endurance, socialization and memory skills.
  
  
• Our intergenerational Greenhouse program is supported by our partnership with Toronto Intergenerational Partnerships(T.I.G.P) a not-for-profit organization that is about young people forming caring relationships with seniors through the development and delivery of intergenerational programs. www.tigp.org
  
  
• Benefits of Intergenerational programs to promote meaningful contact among generations, overcome negative social stereotypes of the elderly. Both the seniors and the children derive a sense of self-worth and accomplishment because the interaction is magical.
  
  
• We initiate programs Involving local schools and day care centres in the community.