Pets for the Elderly provides companionship to senior individuals through pet ownership and care while saving the lives of companion animals in shelters. The Pets for the Elderly Foundation helps pay the fees to participating animal shelters throughout the United States for senior citizens (age 60 and over) who adopt a companion dog or cat from a participating shelter – including pre-adoption veterinary exams and spay/neuter, if part of the adoption fee. Additionally, Pets for the Elderly has expanded its program in 2020 to include animal care assistance from seniors through our partner shelters. Research shows the most serious disease for older persons is not cancer or heart disease – it’s loneliness. Pets offer affection, unconditional love, fight loneliness, and can help ease the loss of a loved one. Please help. Your monetary donation can make a difference. Few causes can have the potential benefits that will result from your contribution – you not only save the life of an animal, you can make a dramatic difference in the life of a senior. Currently, 54 shelters in 34 states are participating in the program. With additional funding, PFE would be able to expand the program to eventually include several shelters in each of the 50 states. We urgently need your help! Your monetary donation can make a difference. Few causes can have the potential benefits that will result from your contribution. You not only save the life of an animal, you can make a dramatic difference in the life of an elderly person.