{"id":7362,"date":"2025-10-09T13:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T20:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/south-hill-village\/?p=7362"},"modified":"2026-01-05T00:52:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T07:52:02","slug":"horse-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/south-hill-village\/blog\/2025\/10\/09\/horse-visitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Spokane Seniors Experience The Benefits of Animal Therapy at South Hill Village"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7362\" class=\"elementor elementor-7362\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a3d581 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a3d581\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9064e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9064e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Residents at South Hill Village in Spokane, WA, recently hosted two guests. The Spokane Mounted Patrol brought Norwegian Fjord horses\u2014Beylah and Dolly, a mother-daughter duo\u2014to visit the community.<\/p><h2>What Research Says About Animal Therapy for Seniors<\/h2><p>A study in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0197457221003517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics<\/a> found that animal therapy helps reduce depression, loneliness, stress, and anxiety in older adults. The research has shown that spending time with animals improves the quality of life for seniors.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_7367\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7367\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"blog-80 wp-image-7367 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/south-hill-village\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/south-hill-village-horse-visitors-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Horse Therapy for Seniors | South Hill Village\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/south-hill-village\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/south-hill-village-horse-visitors-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/south-hill-village\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/south-hill-village-horse-visitors-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/south-hill-village\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/south-hill-village-horse-visitors-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/south-hill-village\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/10\/south-hill-village-horse-visitors.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Residents at South Hill Village in Spokane, WA, enjoyed animal therapy with Norwegian Fjord horses Beylah and Dolly\u2014research shows spending time with horses improves quality of life for seniors.<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Beylah and Dolly&#8217;s fluffy manes, sturdy builds, and sweet personalities brought residents together. People from independent living, assisted living, and Connections memory care came out to pet the horses, snap photos, and share stories.<\/p><p>Carine Snyder, Life Enrichment Director, watched as residents interacted with their four-legged visitors. &#8220;Beylah and Dolly brought our whole community together. Residents and staff were giving pets, smiles, and plenty of admiration. The horses really made our day unforgettable.&#8221;<\/p><h2>Why Horses Are Great for Senior Communities<\/h2><p>The Norwegian Fjord breed is renowned for being both calm and friendly, making them an ideal choice for visiting seniors! In fact, a review called <em><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC9587396\/\">Effects of Equine-Assisted Interventions on Older Adults&#8217; Health<\/a><\/em> found that horse therapy helps improve physical abilities and quality of life in older adults.<\/p><p>The Spokane Mounted Patrol trains its horses for community visits. Residents at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/south-hill-village\/\">South Hill Village<\/a> enjoyed every moment with Beylah and Dolly.<\/p><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Experience Activities at South Hill Village<\/h2><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Residents at South Hill Village enjoy independent living, assisted living, and memory care, with fun programs like therapeutic animal visits. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pegasusseniorliving.com\/south-hill-village\/contact\/\">Schedule a tour today<\/a> to see how our team can support your loved one.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents at South Hill Village in Spokane, WA, recently hosted two guests. The Spokane Mounted Patrol brought Norwegian Fjord horses\u2014Beylah and Dolly, a mother-daughter duo\u2014to visit the community. What Research Says About Animal Therapy for Seniors A study in the Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics found that animal therapy helps reduce depression, loneliness, stress, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":7367,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,112,86,83,33,84,111,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-assisted-living","category-independent-living","category-memory-care","category-news","category-pets","category-retirement","category-senior-living"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Horse Therapy for Seniors | South Hill Village<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"South Hill Village in Spokane, WA, residents enjoyed animal therapy with Norwegian Fjord horses. 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