Therapy Golden Dickens Honored

Golden Dickens, Therapy Category Award
New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association Animal Hall of Fame
Five-year-old Golden Retriever Dickens is a value assistant to the psychiatric staff at the Holy Name Hospital. Dickens’ weekly visits to patients with mental illness,, mood disorders, Alzheimer’s and other illnesses give them a positive, loving experience to anticipate. Dickens’ patient, outgoing manner has made him a favorite and his successes include motivating a severely arthritic man, an anorexic woman who began to eat after Dickens’ visits, and an Alzheimer’s patient who had been mute but began speaking after his visits.Owner – Susan Stone
Veterinarian – Dr. John DeVries