Meet Oscar The Therapy Cat Who Could Predict Death And Provide Comfort to Patients

Animals are known for their ability to provide an unparalleled level of comfort to people around them. Dr. David Dosa, a health researcher at Brown University, while speaking to Crossroads Hospice said, “Oscar was initially sort of a very scared cat. Often times you’d find him in the supply closet or under a bed somewhere and it wasn’t really until somebody was near death that Oscar would sort of come out front and center.” Many researchers speculated that Oscar could smell biochemicals released by dying cells and so chose to comfort lonely residents. Here, have a look: In 2005, a six-month-old kitten named Oscar was adopted by a nursing home in the US to be raised as a therapy cat. While Oscar usually preferred to be alone, he occasionally crawled into a resident's bed and snuggled… pic.twitter.com/DLGngnNYrD — Morbid Knowledge October 13, 2023 Oscar passed away in 2022.