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The first two dementia assistance dogs have started work

Posted on: Jul. 15, 2013
Project generated by students at The Glasgow School of Art’s (GSA) Product Design department now helping couples where one partner has dementia. Two specially-trained dogs have become the first assistance dogs in the UK to help people with dementia. Kaspa and Oscar are part of a project to investigate how a dog may bring benefits to people with early-stage dementia.
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