What is the evidence to support the use of therapeutic gardens for the elderly?

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-110

  Detweiler, Mark B ^a,b   Sharma, Taral ^b   Detweiler, Jonna G ^a   Murphy, Pamela F ^a,c   Lane, Sandra ^a   Carman, Jack ^d   Chudhary, Amara S ^b   Halling, Mary H ^a   Kim, Kye Y ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Design for Generations   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Rehabilitation; Therapeutic garden

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; AGING; AGITATION; AMPUTATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GREENHOUSE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP FRACTURE; HORTICULTURAL THERAPY; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INSOMNIA; KOREA; LEISURE; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; NEUROBIOLOGY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PLANT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSIS; READING; REHABILITATION CARE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPEUTIC GARDEN; VISUAL STIMULATION; WALKING; WANDERING BEHAVIOR; WHEELCHAIR;

EID: 84863476421     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: 19763026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2012.9.2.100     Document Type: Review

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