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DEMENTIA WANDER GARDEN AIDS POST CEREBROVASCULAR STROKE RESTORATIVE THERAPY A CASE STUDY/ Dt'tweiler, Mark B; Warf, Carlena

Creator: Dt'tweiler MB..
Creators: Warf C..
Material type: ArticleArticle Media type: Article Subject(s): Casos clínics | Demència vascular | Ictus | Rehabilitació | Jardineria - Ús terapèutic In: Alternative therapies in health and medicine 2005 JUL-AGO; 11(4): 54-58Summary: An increasing amount of literature suggests the positive effects of nature in healthcare. The extended life expectancy in the US and the consequent need for long-term care indicates a fiiture need for restorative therapy innovations to reduce the expen.se associated with long-term care. Moving carefully selected stroke patients' sessions to the peaceful setting of a dementia wander garden, with its designed paths and natural stimuli, may be beneficial. Natural settings have been shown to i prove attention and reduce stress—both important therapy objectives in many post-stroke rehabilitation programs. In this case study, using the dementia wander garden for restorative therapy of a non-dementia patient was a novel idea for the restorative therapy group, which does not have a horticultural post-stroke rehabilitation helped the patient through a period of treatment resistance. The garden provided both an introduction to the patient's goal of outdoor rehabilitation and a less threatening environment than the long-term care facility hallways. In part because the patient was less self-conscious about manifesting his post-stroke neurological deficits, falling, and being viewed as handicapped when in the dementia wander garden setting, he was able to resume his treatment plan and fmish his restorative therapy. In many physical and mental rehabilitation plans, fmding a treatment modality that will motivate an individual to participate is a principal goal. Use of a dementia wander garden may help some patients achieve this goal in post-stroke restorative therapy. (Altern Ther Health Med. 2005: ll(4):54-58.)
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