SPRINGFIELD — When a patient in hospice care is lost, what happens to their pets?
Ruth Helle, a medical social worker, and Thea Peck, a hospice nurse, were faced with that very question when they were left with the dog of a patient who passed away. The two took care of the dog until Greenhill Humane Society was able to take it in, however they began to notice just how common the predicament was.
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