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Don't let their cuteness fool you. These canine caregivers have important jobs to do. Harmony, Jackson Health System's first-ever facility assistance dog, helps rehabilitation patients at Jackson North Medical Center, while Mahi Mahi helps young patients and their families at Holtz Children's Hospital.
The highly trained canines play important roles in our patients' healing journeys.
Harmony works with Jackson North patients, retrieving items and walking alongside them when they need help with building their balance and strength. She's trained to respond to more than 80 cues at the direction of her four handlers, who are rehabilitation therapists at Jackson North.
Mahi Mahi helps young patients navigate everything from rehabilitation and procedure prep to difficult conversations about end-of-life and palliative care.