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Healing Spaces: Gardening Activities For Stress-Reduction, Leslie Dietz
Healing Spaces: Gardening Activities For Stress-Reduction, Leslie Dietz
School of Occupational Therapy Master's Theses (2010-2015)
The therapeutic benefits of peaceful garden environments have been understood since ancient times. As healthcare professionals begin to recognize the benefits of using the natural environment and plants as a therapy modality, Horticultural Therapyis emerging in many hospitals, nursing homes, and mental health facilities around the country. The purpose of this project was to create a resource manual for use in a group home for people living with HIV/AIDS and comorbid mental illness. The manual, which will be used by volunteer “CareTeams” working in the home, offers ideas on creating a healing space for the residents, as well as therapeutic …
Body Mechanics, Adaptive Gardening Tools, And Physical Benefits Of Gardening, Josh Flake
Body Mechanics, Adaptive Gardening Tools, And Physical Benefits Of Gardening, Josh Flake
School of Occupational Therapy Master's Theses (2010-2015)
The purpose of this project was to provide an educational website where members of the Proctor Community Garden Program (PCGP) could learn about the physical benefits of gardening, proper body mechanics principles, and adaptive tools to use in gardening with the goal of preventing bodily injury. A website was used in one of two parts of an in-service; the first part consisted of educating PCGP members about the physical benefits of gardening, proper body mechanics principles, and adaptive gardening tools. During the second part of the in-service the PCGP members physically practiced what was learned in the first part of …