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Halpern and her therapy dog give insight into aging

Posted on May 30, 2013 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — She’s been visiting Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (HPHRC) just about every Tuesday for more than three years, but the senior residents still line up for her arrival, hoping to get some eye contact and a handshake or two. No need for an exchange of words.

Not that the celebrity in question can speak in complete sentences; her vocabulary is confined to the occasional “woof.”

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'Car' aids in rehabilitation at Helen Porter

Posted on February 7, 2013 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center (HPHRC) officials spend a lot of time helping injured patients become mobile enough to take that much-anticipated ride home. They routinely practice getting in and out of a vehicle as part of their transition to independence, though practice has at times required bundling up for parking lot visits in rain or snow.

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Porter nursing home offers a room reserved for terminally ill patients

Posted on June 2, 2011 |
By John Flowers



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MIDDLEBURY — Helen Porter Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center has 105 rooms designed to help people maximize their quality of life.

Now the center has opened a room aimed at aiding terminally ill people experience compassion and dignity in death.

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