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Effects of horticultural therapy: Perspectives of frail and pre-frail older nursing home residents.

Shirley K L LoWinsome Y Y LamRick Yiu-Cho KwanMun Yee Mimi TseJordan K H LauClaudia Kam Yuk Lai
Published in: Nursing open (2019)
The findings provide evidence of the positive effects of horticultural therapy on perceived well-being among frail nursing home residents and expand the existing state of knowledge on the use of horticultural therapy in long-term residential care. Among others nursing implications, they are also important to develop appropriate and meaningful nursing practice to improve frail residents' perceived quality of life in the institution they now call "home."
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