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Therapeutic Gardening And Its Effects On Depressive Symptoms In Dementia Care, Shannon E. Norton
Therapeutic Gardening And Its Effects On Depressive Symptoms In Dementia Care, Shannon E. Norton
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Aim: To present a literature review of the positive effects and overall reduction of depressive symptoms that an intervention such as therapeutic gardening has on individuals living within memory care facilities.
Background: As most humans age, they often lose abilities or skills that they have had for their entire lives (e.g. driving, grooming, toileting, seeing and/or hearing). By implementing programs that involve therapeutic garden therapy, individuals with dementia who are at greater risk for clinical depressive symptoms may find that this alternative approach improves their symptoms.
Methods: A comprehensive, electronic, literature search in the CINAHL database was completed and included …