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| Increasing engagement in a home for the elderly by providing an indoor gardening activity | | Author(s) | Liz Powell, David Felce, Judith Jenkins |
| Corporate Author | Health Care Evaluation Research Team |
| Publisher | Health Care Evaluation Research Team, Winchester, 1987 |
| Pages | 15 pp (Research report no 128) |
| Keywords | Gardening ; Residents [care homes] ; Engagement. |
| Annotation | This project investigated the effect of a new recreational activity - indoor gardening sessions - on the general low level of engagement of residents in a local authority residential care home. Residents' levels of engagement were found to be significantly higher on gardening days than on non-gardening days. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-930624127 B |
| Classmark | HSG: KX: DN |
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