Where Therapet Serves

Trinity Mother Frances Rehabilitation Hospital

an Affiliate of Healthsouth 

This rehabilitation hospital has utilized Animal Assisted Therapy daily since 1994. The specially trained dogs, cats and miniature horses are incorporated into patient treatment by Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapists daily. Patients can work on balance, coordination, memory, arm functioning, walking, and a host of other goals while working with these special Therapets. This program has served as a template for many other AAT programs across the country.

Mother Frances Hospital- Tyler Texas

Since 1994 the Therapet therapy dogs have been visiting Trinity Mother Frances Hospital. On the first three Wednesday evenings of each month, Therapets visit From 7 to 8:30 pm. Therapets offer a healing paw to the children and families on the Children Center and lift hopes in the Intensive Care Units. In addition, each week they rotate their visits between the Ornelas and Dawson towers to visit patients, families and staff throughout the hospital. Trinity Mother Frances Hospital was one of the first acute care hospitals in the nation to allow therapy animals to visit at the bedside.

  East Texas Medical Center

In 2002 Therapet Foundation began providing Animal Assisted Therapy serves to East Texas Medical Center on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. The Therapets visit all floors including ICU, CCU and the rehabilitation center. The patients, families and staff look forward to these visitations and many people are waiting in the lobby to greet them when they arrive.

More information will be added soon about the other facilites we visit including:

                             University of Texas Health Science Center

                             East Texas Medical Center/Jacksonville

                             Children's Therapy Services

                            St. Joseph's Residence

                            Skyview Psychiatric Facility