Author: Alma McCarty (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Worker shortages are impacting many industries including the mental health services field. There’s an increased demand for workers at the same time as an increased demand for these types of services, putting ...
MEDFORD, Ore. — Residents and staff at Celia’s House in Medford were greeted by some four-legged friends this morning. 3 therapy goats from the local non-profit organization Sanctuary One visited the hospice residents for about a half-hour. Sanctuary One Executive ...
CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. — Two years ago a barn went up in flames at a community farm which caused them to shut down a program that helps kids and adults with disabilities. The program, Healing Hearts and Hooves, HHH, works with ...
Blaine, Minn. (KARE) — Each morning the feet of hundreds of students shuffle off their buses and through the halls of Roosevelt Middle School in Blaine, Minnesota. This year, for the first time ever, four of those feet belong to ...
Fresno, Calif. (KSEE) — California’s Fresno County District Attorney is calling on therapy dogs to help children and other victims of crimes feel comfortable while taking the witness stand. District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp says she expects the dogs to be ...
Boise, Idaho (KTVB) — Saint Alphonsus Hospital in Boise, Idaho had an unlikely four-legged visitor recently. Standing at 32 and 1/2 inches tall and weighing only 150 pounds, Domi – a therapy mini horse, has a big job. “We come ...
Eagle Point, Ore. — One Rogue Valley organization is using a unique form of therapy to help people with special needs. The Hope Equestrian Center uses the power of horses to help strengthen the minds and bodies by providing therapeutic ...
Medford, Ore., — In wake of Thursday’s sniper attack on law enforcement in Dallas, many officers and first responders suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. And Medford Police say the attack in Dallas is an attack on all law enforcement, that has ...
Medford, Ore., — Cancer can be a deadly disease that affects thousands of men and women across the country every day. But thanks to an art therapy program at Providence Medford Medical Center, it makes the journey just a little ...
Central Point, Ore. — Since Dogs for the Deaf was founded nearly 40 years ago they’ve successfully matched over 1200 dogs with people in need around the country. But the non-profit has started expanding, training dogs for jobs beyond hearing ...