FASCINATING. A NEW PROGRAM IS CONNECTING SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES TO SENIOR DOGS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A HOME GAME. CNN’S ALAN SHOPE HAS THE STORY OUT OF LEAWOOD. SHE WAS A STRAY THEY PICKED UP. MEG IS AN EIGHT YEAR OLD LAB MIX WHO LOVES TREES. OH, THEY’VE SEEN THAT UP TO THIS POINT. SHE’D HAD A ROUGH GO OF IT. SHE WAS DEEMED NOT ADOPTABLE BECAUSE SHE HAD TO LARGE TUMORS ON HER BACK. THAT’S WHEN THE SPRING YOU ALWAYS IN FOREVER STEPPED IN AND SAVED HER LIFE. DONATIONS PAID FOR HER SURGERY, AND ALL SHE NEEDED WAS A HOME. MEG PROVIDES COMPANIONSHIP, CARE HAVEN HOMES, A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY IN LEAWOOD CAME UP WITH THE IDEA TO ADOPT A SENIOR DOG FOR THEIR SENIOR. AND IT’S JUST WORKED OUT WONDERFULLY. IT HELPS OUR DEMENTIA PATIENTS. THEY LOVE HAVING HER HERE. SO MANY SENIOR RESIDENTS LOVED DOGS. THEY’VE HAD PETS IN THEIR PAST. MEG HAS BEEN IN THE HOME AND ON THE JOB FOR ABOUT A MONTH. THE JOB IS TO BE A COMPANION, TO BE A COUCH POTATO, TO BE A FRIEND. MEG HAS HER OWN HUGE BACKYARD TO EXPLORE. SHE’S GOT BIG WINDOWS IN THE HOUSE TO LOOK OUT OF. IT’S THE PERFECT RETIREMENT SITUATION FOR THE OLDER LASS. SHE IS JUST THE SWEETEST THING. WE KNEW THAT SHE WAS A LOVABLE DOG AND THAT’S SOMETHING THIS FACILITY SAYS THEIR SENIORS COULD REALLY USE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. SHE IS VERY COMFORTING TO THEM. SHE’LL SIT WITH THEM. THEY CAN PET HER. VERY CALMING PRESENCE IN LEAWOOD. ALAN SHOPE. KMBC9 NEWS. NOW THE ALWAYS AND FOREVER SENIOR DOG SANCTUARY SAYS MEG IS THE FIRST DOG THEY’VE ACTUALLY ADOPTED OUT TO A SENIOR HOME FACILITY. THEY HOPE TO FIND MORE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY FACIL