A Michael Broad Blog
Here is a photo gallery of old ladies and their cats. They go together so perfectly. They need each other. They are good for each other. They aren’t crazy ladies, just very good cat caretakers living alone. Perhaps they are widows. Are the best cat companions elderly ladies? I think so. These are thumbnails. …
This is a cat photograph which caught my attention. Firstly it has a painterly quality which is why I framed it. The light is one directional and quiet. It looks like it was taken in Eastern Europe. The old lady looks weary and in a contemplative mood. You get that way when you’re old. …
This is a beautiful photograph of a 103 year old lady, Lillian Grant, and her nine-year-old rescue cat. They became friends immediately on meeting and have been inseparable ever since. About a year ago, Lillian Grant lost her beloved cat Sammy. His passing left her brokenhearted. She was asked by the administrator, Debbie Presland, …
This is a great idea and these are lovely pictures. People in nursing homes don’t have a chance to look after a cat. They may well have given up their cat when they went into the nursing home. The Ohio Alleycat Resource Shelter came up with this excellent initiative, to visit nursing homes with …
The question in the title is important and interesting. This is not the first page on the subject and it won’t be the last. The table below tells us how 44 pet owners answered the question (the table of course relates to “pets” and therefore concerns cats and dogs but the same underlying principles …
Sometimes PETA gives us the impression that they are too tough and uncompromising on animal rights – e.g. their attitude towards feral cats. They almost present to the world a profile of being a tough, business orientated organisation. Perhaps you have to be like that because you have to fight fire with fire. However, …
Memory loss is one of the well-known symptoms of dementia. Janine Valentine, a nurse consultant for dementia and the elderly at Yeovil Hospital in the UK, has discovered that one of the enduring memories of dementia patient is of their deceased pet or a pet they once cared for. My immediate thought about this …
By Jo Singer Those of us who live with felines are already keenly aware of the health benefits we get from sharing our homes and hearts with companion cats. Backing up this statement is the fascinating results of the second scientific study made at the University of Minnesota Stroke Research center published in the …
