A summary of the main findings of a review of the literature on social and therapeutic horticulture – the use of horticulture and gardening to promote health, well-being and social inclusion

A summary of the main findings of a review of the literature on social and therapeutic horticulture – the use of horticulture and gardening to promote health, well-being and social inclusion

Gardening and belonging: reflections on how social and therapeutic horticulture may facilitate health, wellbeing and inclusion

The authors completed an 8-week practice placement at Thrive’s garden project in Battersea Park, London, as part of their occupational therapy degree programme. Thrive is a UK charity using social and therapeutic horticulture (STH) to enable disabled people to make positive changes to their own lives (Thrive 2008). STH is an emerging therapeutic movement, using horticulture-related activities t...

Role of Religious Involvement in Health in Later Life: An Integrated Review

Aging includes natural, progressive, and irreversible physiological changes that affect physical and mental strength. Religious involvement can help older adults cope with these changes and the stresses of later life. This integrative review study aimed to determine the role of religious involvement in health in later life. To this end, the authors searched keywords, such as religious involveme...

Horticultural therapy: the 'healing garden'and gardening in rehabilitation measures at Danderyd Hospital Rehabilitation Clinic, Sweden.

OBJECTIVES Objectives were to review the literature on horticultural therapy and describe the Danderyd Hospital Horticultural Therapy Garden and its associated horticultural therapy programme. DESIGN The literature review is based on the search words 'gardening', 'healing garden' and 'horticultural therapy'. The description is based on the second author's personal knowledge and popular-scient...

Successful aging as a multidimensional concept: An integrative review

    Background: Successful aging as an umbrella term with a large amount of literature has emerged with a variety of meanings and dimensions in different studies. This article aims at determining what dimensions contribute to constructing the concept of successful aging.    Methods: The method used in this study is an integrative review of published literature related ...