<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Memory Care facility residents who are in need of around-the-clock care take over the task of caring for tiny abandoned kittens who are also in need of around-the-clock care. What goes around, comes around - especially on Caturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Courtesy of Metro (London, England) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/17/a-care-home-teamed-up-with-an-animal-shelter-to-rescue-orphaned-kittens-6264169/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark">http://metro.co.uk/2016/11/17/a-care-home-teamed-up-with-an-animal-shelter-to-rescue-orphaned-kittens-6264169/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark</a></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>A care home teamed up with an animal shelter to rescue orphaned kittens</b></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Catalina Springs Memory Care facility has teamed up with Pima Animal Care Center to do something truly wonderful.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They’ve created a new kitten-care program, which brings abandoned kittens into the care home so residents can provide them with the care they need.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This is pretty important for the kittens, FYI, as kittens separated from their mothers have a very low rate of survival unless someone steps in to provide feeding and comfort around the clock.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It’s lovely for the residents, too, as they get the joy of playing with tiny kittens. Which is brilliant.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The first kittens to join the program are Peaches and Turtle. They arrived at Pima Animal Care Center in October, weighing under 200g each.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They’ll need feedings, affection, and care – which the care home’s residents are happy to provide.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To some it may seem peculiar at first: Residents who are in need of around-the-clock care themselves, given the task to care for these young kittens,’ <a href="http://webcms.pima.gov/cms/One.aspx?portalId=169&pageId=310357" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none;">said Sharon Mercer</a>, the Executive Director at Catalina Springs Memory Care.<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br><br></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘But there are skills, emotions and needs that do not just leave a person with Dementia or Alzheimer’s.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">‘The desire to give love and receive love remains.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The kittens have given us the opportunity to nurture this human condition that lies in each and every one of our residents.’</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Peaches and Turtle have already nearly doubled in weight and are happy and healthy.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><br><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Once the kittens are fully grown and ready, they’ll be placed up for adoption – although given that one nurse has already applied to adopt one of the kittens involved in the program, we reckon a few may become permanent care home cats.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; 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