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Sowing seeds
— introducing the Eden Alternative | | Author(s) | June Burgess |
| Journal title | Journal of Dementia Care, vol 17, no 2, March/April 2009 |
| Publisher | Hawker Publications, March/April 2009 |
| Pages | pp 27-30 |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Quality of life ; Gardening ; Pet keeping ; Children ; Projects. |
| Annotation | Originally founded in the US to reduce nursing home residents' feelings of loneliness, boredom and helplessness through interactions with plants, animals and children in their environment, the Eden Alternative is making progress in spreading its message about enlivening care homes for the benefit of residents and staff. This article explains how the Eden approach is being implemented in a growing number of care homes around the UK and Ireland. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090408217 A |
| Classmark | KX: LHB: F:59: HSG: HVT: SBC: 3E |
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