Through his job as an ambulance driver in the Netherlands, Kees Veldboer had numerous meaningful connections with the patients he drove. However, none of them were as life-changing as that one time when he drove one terminally-ill patient from one hospital to another in 2006. Life-Changing Transport Inspires Kees to […]
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Hospice Program Helps Terminal Patients Keep Their Pets so They Be with Them until the End
Pet Peace of Mind is a unique, caring program which began as an idea that would help terminally-ill patients take good care for their pets after they pass away. The program, run by donations and volunteers, has several services to offer, including playing with the dogs of the patients, grooming […]
Woman Opens Dog Hospice Where She Spends The Last Days With Abandoned Dogs
For dog lover Nicola Coyle, it can be heartbreaking to see abandoned and ill dogs being left alone to die. This is why she launched the Grey Muzzle Canine Hospice Project- a hospice intended for abandoned and dying dogs. The 46-year-old Coyle runs the hospice from her home and she […]