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The Psychosocial Impacts of Co-Designed Healing Gardens Among Aged Care Residents With and Without Dementia in Nigeria3.68 MB
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The Psychosocial Impacts of Co-Designed Healing Gardens Among Aged Care Residents With and Without Dementia in Nigeria
Occupational Therapy In Health Care , Vol.39(4), pp.777-795
2025
Abstract
Healing gardens are green spaces that support the interaction of humans and elements of nature to improve well-being and quality of life. However, little is known about healing garden use and outcomes in African countries. This study aimed to design a healing garden intervention and measure its impact on psychosocial factors and quality of life of residents and care staff within two residential aged care facilities in Lagos, Nigeria. Each facility’s staff completed the psychosocial measurement tools by proxy for participants between ages 60 and 99, with or without dementia, at baseline and three months following interaction with the garden and completed the garden use observational survey to determine the effect on and use of the garden by care staff and residents. Results revealed an improvement in the quality of life and experiences of agitation but no beneficial change in depression among residents with and without dementia. Further, care staff reported a positive benefit of the garden on their work-life experience and the residents’ well-being. This study provides the base for future research on assessing the impact of healing gardens on persons living with dementia in Africa.
Details
- Title
- The Psychosocial Impacts of Co-Designed Healing Gardens Among Aged Care Residents With and Without Dementia in Nigeria
- Authors
- Funmi Akindejoye (Corresponding Author) - University of TasmaniaUchenna Ezedinma (Author)Susanne Röhr (Author) - Trinity College Dublin
- Publication details
- Occupational Therapy In Health Care , Vol.39(4), pp.777-795
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc.
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1080/07380577.2024.2414284
- ISSN
- 1541-3098; 0738-0577
- Copyright note
- © 2024 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
- Data Availability
- Raw data were generated at MASC Care Home and Elderly Care Home, Maryland. Data supporting this study’s findings are available from the corresponding author, FA, upon request. Data files, and supplemental data are openly available on the project’s Open Science Framework page.
- Grant note
- This project has been funded by the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI), Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s Society Pilot Awards for Global Brain Health Leaders (Grant number: GBHI ALZ UK-23-971145).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991066697702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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