I don't know if anyone on the forum can help with the companionship issues, but I might have an idea about how to handle her real estate.

That's not about companionship.

Trust, love, commitment, companionship... things people in their older years seem to appreciate a lot more. 

fileticket=lhyaA_hRAoE%3d&tabid=268Definitions of Service AnimalThe DOJ’s new ADA rules define“service animal†as any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability.The new rules specifythat “theprovision of emotional support, well-being, comfort, or companionship do not constitute work or tasks for the purposes of this definition.†Thus, trained dogs are the only species of animals that may qualify as service animals under the ADA (there is a separate provision regarding miniature horses) and emotional support animals are expressly precluded from qualifying as service animals.Read the few pages carefully.And this, at http://www.state.ia.us/government/crc/docs/Factsheet%20Service%20Animals.pdfService and Emotional Support Animals under the FairHousing Act and the Americans with Disabilities ActRead the information carefully and get more information.A service dog can go just about anyplace open to the public.

I'm a big fan of dogs, although my main reason is for companionship... security is the perk.

One applicant said she had 3 pit bulls but they weren't aggressive, they were just for companionship.

D asked DF to move in order for DF to provide companionship to D.

Her companionship with her pets are much more important for which reason I am suggesting she take a dog in her residence".I have read a lot on the the Emotional Support Animal (ESA) and the HUD document that covers it.

"A" might have a dog that provides companionship and love and interaction, thereby staving off suicidal tendencies. 

I threw myself at work, my sister got help from a counselor, and my dad took up a new habit of trying to find companionship that he lost with my mother.