Yahoo – AFP,
2 July 2014
A caretaker
looks after a 14-year-old female dog which can't walk well at a home for ageing
pets, where a vet is on call 24 hours a day and animals are kept active with a
range of exercises and healthy foods, in Chiba, suburban Tokyo, on July 2, 2014
A new
Japanese nursing home has everything seniors could want, from a hair salon and
24-hour medical care to comfy beds and a swimming pool to keep those legs in
shape -- all four of them.
The
facility in a Tokyo suburb is throwing open its doors to ageing dogs of all
shapes and sizes with the promise of a comfortable retirement for the elderly
canines, and their equally wrinkly human owners.
Aeonpet
Co., a unit of major shopping mall operator Aeon, billed its nursing home as
the ticket for a pet-loving nation which also has a rapidly ageing population.
"Many
pets are getting old while their owners are also ageing. This is a serious
social issue," company president Akihiro Ogawa said during a media tour
Wednesday.
"I
hope this business will provide part of the solution for this problem."
Owners who
worry about their pet's future after they die need not fret -- the pool has
dog-sized life jackets and there is a CT scanner for thorough medical check
ups.
And when
those beloved pets aren't getting a shampoo and trim, the home offers memory
games to help ward off dementia and comforting care during the final stage of
life.
There is an
interview to make sure owners aren't just trying to get rid of old pets, with
costs ranging from 100,000 yen ($1,000) a month for small pets to double that
number for bigger dogs.
The nursing
home opens next week.
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