Somehow this cat seems to know...unexplainable but he has been on target and the facility immediately calls family the minute he settles in to cuddle with a patient. BD
Oscar the cat, who resides at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, has an uncanny ability to sense when a patient is about to die. (Globe Staff Photo / Dina Rudick)PROVIDENCE --Oscar the cat makes his grand entrances just as life is about to leave.
A hop onto the bed, a fastidious lick of the paws, then a snuggle beside a nursing home patient with little time left. Oscar's purr, when keeping close company with the dying, is so intense it's almost a low rumble.
Oscar makes regular "inspection" rounds of the unit, sauntering in and out of patient rooms -- as if checking on the condition of the occupants. But he never joins them for a snooze.
Until.
"He only shows great interest in individuals when they are about to die," said Dosa. As for Oscar, Dodman said, "perhaps [he] senses some change in the metabolism or mental aura of the dying person.''
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