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Oscar (c. 2005 – February 22, 2022) was a therapy cat who as of 2005 lived in the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He came to public attention in 2007 when he was featured in an article by geriatrician David Dosa in the New England Journal of Medicine. According to Dosa, Oscar appeared ...
Terminal lucidity (also known as rallying, terminal rally, the rally, end-of-life-experience, energy surge, the surge, or pre-mortem surge) [1] is an unexpected return of consciousness, mental clarity or memory shortly before death in individuals with severe psychiatric or neurological disorders.
Candace Elizabeth Newmaker (born Candace Tiara Elmore; November 19, 1989 – April 19, 2000) was a child who was killed during a 70-minute attachment therapy session performed by four unlicensed therapists, purported to treat reactive attachment disorder. The treatment, during which Newmaker was suffocated, included a rebirthing script.
The duo is one of an estimated 200 therapy cat teams registered in the U.S. through Pet Partners. ... nursing homes or schools to aid in therapy and other activities to improve well-being in ...
“That’s nearly 17,000 people dying from prescription opiate overdoses every year. And more than 400,000 go to an emergency room for that reason.” Clinics that dispensed painkillers proliferated with only the loosest of safeguards, until a recent coordinated federal-state crackdown crushed many of the so-called “pill mills.”
"Cats can smell a lot of things we can't," she says. "And cats can certainly detect illness." That is about as close to an oppsing view as this article has and it says "cats can certainly detect illness."--KX36 12:18, 21 March 2009 (UTC) I don't see it; there are a couple explanations for how Oscar could sense people dying.
While we often consider dogs the ultimate therapy animal, other creatures are equally terrific in this role. These ponies are an excellent example. Check out this August 7 video to see them in action.
Nursing-home worker Morgan fakes an illness to get House's attention after the home's pet cat, Debbie, sleeps next to her. It seems that the cat only visits people if they are about to die and does so with alarming accuracy (similar to real-life cat Oscar). While House dismisses Morgan as faking, he is intrigued by her theory on the kiss-of ...