Design for nature in dementia care [[electronic resource] /] / Garuth Chalfont
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| Autore: |
Chalfont Garuth
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| Titolo: |
Design for nature in dementia care [[electronic resource] /] / Garuth Chalfont
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (183 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.8/3 |
| Soggetto topico: | Dementia - Patients - Care - Psychological aspects |
| Dementia - Patients - Long-term care - Psychological aspects | |
| Dementia - Patients - Dwellings - Design and construction - Environmental aspects | |
| Long-term care facilities - Design and construction - Environmental aspects | |
| Long-term care facilities - Landscape architecture - Psychological aspects | |
| House plants - Psychological aspects | |
| Dementia - Patients - Recreation | |
| Nature, Healing power of | |
| Outdoor recreation | |
| Nature | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front cover; Design for Nature in Dementia Care; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 – Nature Indoors; Chapter 1 Living with Nature; Chapter 2 Nature-based Activities; Chapter 3 Ethical Issues Concerning Nature Indoors; Part 2 – Nature Outdoors; Chapter 4 The Natural World; Chapter 5 Activities Outdoors; Chapter 6 Ethical Issues Concerning Nature Outdoors; Chapter 7 Summary; Glossary; Appendix 1 The Prosentia Hypothesis; Appendix 2 Edible Plants; Appendix 3 Poisonous plants; Appendix 4; References; Further Resources; Subject Index; Author Index; |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Maintaining a connection to nature is increasingly recognised as an important component of caring for a person with dementia. The benefits of connecting the subjective experience of dementia sufferers with their physical environment include sensory stimulation and enhanced cognitive, psychological and physical well-being, as well as improved behaviour management. Design for Nature in Dementia Care adopts a holistic and person-centred approach to caring for dementia sufferers by considering their emotional, psychological and spiritual well-being. The book provides comprehensive examples of the |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Design for nature in dementia care |
| ISBN: | 1-281-14330-8 |
| 9786611143305 | |
| 1-84642-676-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784968403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Bradford Dementia Group Good Practice Guides