Effects of garden visits on long-term care residents as related to depression

HortTechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 298-303

  Rappe, Erja ^a   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Elderly; Human issues in horticulture; Institutional care; Nature; Outdoors; Plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 15944363790     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.15.2.0298     Document Type: Article

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