Animal-Assisted Therapy for Seniors
Mtn Peaks Therapy Llamas & Alpacas regularly visit special-needs organizations and classrooms, hospitals, senior communities, and rehab facilities throughout Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA. Research has shown that animals help humans by acting as social bridges, reducing blood pressure, directing thoughts outward, and serving as strong motivators for accomplishing difficult tasks.
Our Therapy Llamas & Alpacas might take a walk with an adolescent struggling with difficult issues, or motivate a patient recovering from a stroke to reach farther, or calm a child with autism so that they can focus, and achieve new goals. By offering friendship and warm touch, our llamas help alleviate loneliness, lower blood pressure and reduce stress. Their presence brings a sense of normalcy to institutional settings.
We are fully booked for therapy visits to facilities in 2025
Common spaces we visit are: long-term & skilled care facilities, assisted-living communities, residential treatment centers, physical rehabilitation centers, adult day cares, and hospice, just to name the most common. Our Therapeutic Visits are supported by those facilities that have budgets for our kinds of services, private donations, and the specialty events our animals are invited to through our Classy Camelids, LLC.
Current pricing for therapy visits starts at $200 for a 60-90-minute visit in facilities located up to 30 minutes from our home in Ridgefield, WA (for each additional 15 minutes of drive time, add $50). Occasionally, we can drive up to an hour off our farm. To avoid traffic issues that can cause undue stress for our animals, therapy visits occur between 10:30 AM (May-October) or 11 AM (November-April) and 2 PM.
Visits requested later in the day, mid-week, on weekends, or on holidays are subject to the same rates as our special event requests.
**Due to our high demand and limited availability, we allow up to 1 visit per senior community facility each year. However, we welcome farm field trips to get your community out in the fresh air with our whole herd!
Visits to facilities go live to book using the calendar below on February 1st at 10am and are often full within days. To be notified when our 2026 calendar goes live next year, please add your email to our mailing list below.
Have a non-booking question or wish to bring your senior living on a field trip to the farm? Send us an inquiry:
