Paws for Purrfect Patient Therapy (PFPPT) is a Melbourne based consumer run not- for- profit organisation.
PFPPT provides community based pet foster care services for people with mental illness. Our aim is to allow patients to voluntarily surrender their pets during crisis periods (such as hospital stays).
The pets will be lovingly cared for until such time as they can be reunited with their owners.
Household Disaster Relief Fund is a not for profit organisation who aims to assist individuals and families in need of support. Paws For Purrfect Patient Therapy (PFPPT) supporters can donate to Household Disaster Relief Fund securely online at http://www.givenow.com.au/householddisasterrelief
We are currently looking for the following:
- Volunteers (interested in becoming pet foster carers)
- Committee of Management Members (including a Treasurer)
- Donors and corporate sponsors
If you think you may be able to assist with any of the above, please email us through the 'Contact Us' page.
If you are unable to get involved in PFPPT, but would still like to support us, please 'share' us with your friends on Facebook.
"There's no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face..."
American Editor and Journalist Ben Williams (1877-1904)
* A mental health consumer is a person who is obtaining treatment or support for a mental disorder, also known as a psychiatric illness. The term was coined by people who use mental health services in an attempt to empower those with mental health issues, usually considered a marginalized segment of society.
The term suggests that there is a reciprocal contract between those who provide a service and those who use a service and that individuals have a choice in their treatment and without them there could not exist mental health providers.
Today, the word mental health consumer has expanded in the popular useage of consumers themselves to include anyone who has received mental health services in the past, anyone who has a behavioural health diagnosis, or simply anyone who has experienced a mental or behavioural disorder. Other terms sometimes used by members of this community for empowerment through positive self-identification include, "peers", "psychiatric survivors", and "ex-patients."
