Pet Peace of Mind®
Pet Peace of Mind (PPOM) is a national program designed to help nonprofit hospices keep patients and their pets together during the end-of-life journey. Support for the program also helps hospices find adoptive homes for pets, giving patients peace of mind that their pets will always have loving homes.
Banfield Charitable Trust is working to change the way hospices care for their patients and building a movement within the hospice community that recognizes the pet as an important member of the patient’s family. PPOM offers hospices a program model and funding to deliver in-home volunteer pet care services for patients who are unable to maintain routine health care and nutrition for their pets because of financial and/or physical disability.
PPOM is currently available in 25 states and growing. See a list of our nonprofit hospice partners.
PPOM in the news
Standard-Examiner: Florida program keeps hospice patients and pets together
KOSU: Pets, no longer forgotten as final days approach for their owner
Zootoo.com: Pet Peace of Mind keeps hospice patients and pets together
Chieftain.com: Peace of Mind: New hospice program focuses on keeping patients, pets together
PPOM on the road
Pet Peace of Mind Program Manager Dr. Delana Taylor McNac makes presentations to professionals in the healthcare, veterinary and hospice fields about the benefits of the human-animal bond. Here is a list of some of her upcoming appearances.
- Palliative Care & Mental Health Conference, November 4, Oklahoma City, OK
- Northeast Oklahoma Veterinary Medical Association, monthly educational meeting, November 17, Claremore, OK
- Oklahoma State University College of Veterinary Medicine, College & Faculty Seminar, December 7, Stillwater, OK
- 2012 Minnesota Hospice & Palliative Care Conference, April 16-17, St. Paul, MN
- National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization Management and Leadership Conference, March 29-31, National Harbor, MD
Get involved with BCT
Be sure to read our Frequently Asked Questions to learn about PPOM volunteer opportunities
Make a donation to help pets and hospice patients stay together during the end-of-life journey
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