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Health Care

In keeping with our commitment to quality over quantity, Angel Paws offers the administrative quality and structure of carefully planned and implemented in-house programs without the in-house burdens on limited resources.  We also offer more flexible services and volunteer placements for facilities who may already have their own programs currently in place. 
 We are very grateful to all who share our commitment to excellence!
And we look forward to being able to work with more facilities currently on our waiting list.

If you represent a facility interested in implementing one of our programs please see our New Program Implementation information & Contact Us. Comments about Angel Paws from facility staff can be found in our Testimonials & Scientific Research links. 

Angel Paws' primary Healthcare Partnerships currently include:

Shepherd Hill Behavioral Health, 
a department of Licking Memorial Hospital


200 Messimer Drive
Newark, Ohio 43055
740.348.4870
Toll-free: (800) 223-6410
Google Map Below
www.shepherdhill.net
www.lmhealth.org/
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2004 to Present  Shepherd Hill Behavioral Health, a department of Licking Memorial Hospital, is a nationally accredited treatment center dedicated to the dignity of the individual and the boundless potential of the human spirit.  Patient care units are designed to accommodate patients in comfortable, private surroundings within a campus setting. The treatment provided at Shepherd Hill is based upon knowledge of chemical dependency as a life-threatening medical disease.  Angel Paws is please to have been providing AAA/T visits to Shepherd Hill since 2004.   Comments ...

Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare Hospital

2200 West Broad St.
Columbus, OH  43223
614. 752.0333
877.301.8824
http://mha.ohio.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=193

Newark Hills Health & Rehabilitation


17 Forrey St.
Newark, OH  43055
740.345.9197
​www.greystonehealth.com


2014 - Present  Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare is part of the Ohio Department of Mental Health  and Addiction Services Hospital System of Care and provides recovery-based, comprehensive, quality, cost-effective mental health services to adults with a severe mental illness in a secure inpatient setting. Angel Paws Therapy Teams visit with patients who are specifically selected for supervised visits by a staff Adjunctive Therapist. The patient's Adjunctive Therapist is part of the patient's interdisciplinary Treatment Team which also includes a Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Registered Nurse and Social Worker. 




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​2016 - Present
 Newark Hills Health & Rehabilitation is a 48 bed Long Term Care facility with in house Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy staff as well as additional Assisted Living accommodations.  Angel Paws Therapy Teams visit in common areas and room to room.  Newark Hills Health & Rehabilitation also provides a wide variety of clients to visit for our mentoring visits for new teams.  

Qualified Angel Paws Pet Partners Volunteer Therapy Teams are also members of 
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Pet Pals Program 

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Pet Pals Program



410 W. 10th Ave.
Columbus, OH  43210
614.293.8000

www.wexnermedical.osu.edu
Click HERE for OSUWMC Campus Map
2015 - Present   The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Pet Pals Program The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (OSUWMC) is the leader in central Ohio for healthcare and medical research.  OSUWMC is a proud part of one of America’s largest and most comprehensive universities. It is consistently ranked as Ohio’s best and one of the nation’s top-20 public universities. The Ohio State University College of Medicine is consistently ranked among the top 40 medical schools in the United States and among the top 15 at public universities.  The university’s research innovations have attained world-class status, particularly in critical areas such as global climate change, cancer, infectious disease, neurosciences, advanced materials, and ag-bio products that feed and fuel the world.  Angel Paws' Pet Partners Therapy Teams volunteer as part of OSUWMC's Pet Pals program.  Pet Pals provide therapeutic health care visits to a wide variety of clients in both group settings and individual room to room visits at University Hospital, Dodd Hall Rehabilitation Services, Harding Hospital (Behavioral Healthcare), Ross Heart Hospital and University Hospital East.   

Shepherd Hill Behavioral Health
Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare

Newark Hills Health & Rehabilitation

OSU Wexner Medical Center
Click HERE for OSUWMC Campus Map
Angel Paws has also worked in partnership with the following facilities to implement comprehensive standards based programs: 

The Center for New Beginnings, 
a Program of the Woodlands

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60 North First Street
Newark, Ohio 43055
740.349.8719
800.686.2760
http://www.thewoodland.org/thewoodlands_009.htm

Hospice of Central Ohio

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2269 Cherry Valley Rd.,
Newark, OH 43055
(740) 344-0311 or (800) 804-2505
http://www.hospiceofcentralohio.org/

Flint Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation

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1450 West Main St.
Newark, OH 43055
740-344-3091
http://www.flintridgevillage.com/


2006 - (currently on hold for more teams) The Center for New Beginnings Shelter & Services provides a safe place for women and their children as they seek freedom from domestic violence.  While at New Beginnings, women and children are provided the resources and skills they need to build a safe, healthy and happy life.  It is very common for women to resist leaving an abusive home because they don't want to leave their pets.  Angel Paws AAA/T visits to New Beginnings began in 2006 but is currently on hiatus.  It has been very rewarding to bring comfort to these brave women and their children and we look forward to returning soon as our base of qualified volunteers grows! 

Kindred Transitional Care & Rehabilitation (previously Newark Healthcare)

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75 McMillen Drive 
Newark, OH  43055
740.344.0357
Google Map Below
www.newarkhealthcare.com

Autumn Health Care

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17 Forrey St.
Newark, OH  43055
Phone (740) 345.9197
http://autumnhealthcare.net/our-locations/newark

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