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- Title
Healing Gardens for Assisted Living: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Health Education.
- Authors
Collins, Claudia C.; O'Callaghan, Angela M.
- Abstract
There is a serious lack of health promotion programs for seniors transitioning from living in their own homes to assisted living. Research has demonstrated that horticulture and gardening can benefit people who are institutionalized. Aging and horticulture specialists at the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension collaborated to create a healing garden project at Nevada's first low-income assisted living facility in Las Vegas. The goal was to enhance residents' quality-of life through a less traditional educational process. This process expands the scope and reach of Extension programs to a much larger and more diverse audience.
- Subjects
LAS Vegas (Nev.); NEVADA; HEALTH education; HEALTH promotion; CONGREGATE housing; PUBLIC health; UNIVERSITY extension
- Publication
Journal of Extension, 2007, Vol 45, Issue 6, p13
- ISSN
0022-0140
- Publication type
Article