Practice makes purrfect: Cats help nursing home residents improve their mobility


The activity helps those with limited mobility with their fine motor skills, as it motivates them to move. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Teo Kok Leng is a man of few words, but cats have always liked him.

Last Friday (July 7), he sat caressing one and rubbing its ears, as the feline stretched luxuriously.

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