Daily garden use and quality of life in persons with advanced dementia living in a nursing home: A feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To evaluate the process of daily going outside in a nursing home garden and explore the effect of garden use on quality of life and neuropsychiatric symptoms in persons with dementia.

Design

A feasibility study with quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Methods

Twenty residents with a diagnosis of moderate-to-severe dementia participated. The intervention consisted of at least 30 min of garden use, whereby any activity outside is possible as long as it is person-centred and fitting within usual daily nursing home practice. Interviews were held with caregivers, and questionnaires were sent to other disciplines involved. Quality of life (QUALIDEM) and neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPI-NH) were collected at baseline, intervention and postintervention.

Results

SUBMITTER: van der Velde-van Buuringen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8046150 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature