Our volunteer teams of people and their pets enhance well-being through the power of human/animal interactions.
Our more than 200 volunteer teams provide over 7,000 hours of visitation each year at no cost to those that request our services. We serve our communities at hundreds of facilities and agencies in South Central PA.
A community where the power of human/animal interactions enhances well-being.
Keystone Pet Enhanced Therapy Services, or KPETS, is a network of dedicated and registered volunteers who partner with their companion animal(s) to provide comfort, encouragement, and rehabilitation through human/animal interactions, serving our local communities.
Pet enhanced therapy uses the strong bond between animals and people to achieve goals. KPETS utilizes the bond between humans and animals in various ways, including: uplifting cancer patients in the hospital or during chemo treatments, motivating adults and children in physical, occupational, speech and cognitive therapy sessions, supporting teachers who have reluctant learners and struggling readers, encouraging children to attend a library program so they can read to a companion animal, brightening the day for seniors in retirement communities, stimulating conversation with dementia and stroke patients, comforting children, teens and adults before and after counseling sessions at sexual assault and abuse centers, assisting therapists working with children with autism, selective mutism or other special needs, and easing the stress of patients, families and staff at healthcare and hospice facilities.
The possibilities are endless. The human/animal interaction opens doors, hearts and minds like no human therapist can.
