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| Longitudinal analysis of differential effects on agitation of a therapeutic wander garden for dementia patients based on ambulation ability | | Author(s) | Pamela Ford Murphy, Yasuo Miyazaki, Mark B Detweiler |
| Journal title | Dementia: the international journal of social research and practice, vol 9, no 3, August 2010 |
| Pages | pp 355-374 |
| Source | http://dem.sagepub.com doi: 10.1177/1471301210375336 |
| Annotation | A growth model within the framework of hierarchical linear modelling was used to assess the impact of visiting a wander garden on monthly agitation levels of a group of elderly veterans diagnosed with dementia, with attention to their ambulatory ability. A sample of 34 veterans residing in a locked ward in a dementia unit was observed for a baseline period and for twelve months after a wander garden was opened in their facility. Findings suggest that visiting the wander garden helped lower agitation levels in the dementia patients and that there was a differential effect based on the patient's ability to walk unassisted. (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101104209 A |
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