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Woodland Wellbeing
— a pilot for people with dementia | | Author(s) | Elanor Gibson, Nicola Ramsden, Rachel Tomlinson, Charlie Jones |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 21, no 3, 2017 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2017 |
| Pages | pp 178-185 |
| Source | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/wwop |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Outdoor life ; Physical environment ; Well being ; Quality of life ; Projects ; Observation ; Bristol. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this paper is to understand whether a woodland-based intervention might offer something helpful and engaging for people affected by dementia. The Woodland Wellbeing project was set up in partnership between Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service (DWS) and Forest of Avon Trust (FoAT).In total, 18 people came to Woodland Wellbeing groups in the summer and autumn of 2016. The authors made observations during the groups, kept some notes, and conducted some interviews around three months after people had participated in Woodland Wellbeing. Feedback from participants indicated themes around connection with nature and to one another, the joy in new learning and activities, and the inspirational impact of feeling part of nature. This paper adds to the growing literature on natural approaches in supporting the well-being of people affected by dementia, and highlights the value of partnership working. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170922238 A |
| Classmark | EA: HS: R: D:F:5HH: F:59: 3E: 4AA: 8AB |
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