NEW CANAAN, Conn. -- New Canaan Mounted Troop and Waveny LifeCare Network launched a therapeutic four-week Equine Care pilot program for residents at both Waveny Care Center and The Village at Waveny, as well as participants in Waveny’s Adult Day Program.
New Canaan Mounted Troop and Waveny LifeCare Network residents are working together in a launched a therapeutic four-week Equine Care pilot program.
Photo Credit: ContributedWaveny LifeCare residents work with Nicole Karaman and Melissa Murray.
Photo Credit: ContributedHannah Wirfel, a PATH Therapeutic Riding Instructor, works with Janet, a resident of Waveny LifeCare Network in New Canaan.
Photo Credit: ContributedLed by New Canaan Mounted Troop’s PATH certified instructors, Waveny’s program participants groomed horses and learned about equine behaviors and nutrition.
Timing of this therapeutic program follows a recently-published Ohio State University study that scientifically correlated time spent with horses on a farm with both physical and mental relief in subjects with Alzheimer’s disease and/or other neurocognitive issues.
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