| 英文摘要 |
Due to the increasing population of elders with dementia, more and more senior day care centers in Taiwan has been established recently. However, a shortage of the localizing therapeutic activities becomes an issue of the quality of care. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of a horticultural life review program on the seniors with dementia. This pre- experiment study adopted one-group pretest-posttest design, and recruited 9 seniors with mild to moderate ementia from a dementia-specified day care center in Pingtung. The intervention was designed to assist elders in re-evaluating their past and current life by naturally involving with horticulture, art and cuisine activities based on Erikson's life developmental theory. The program was conducted once a week, and one hour for a session for total 8 sessions. Repeated measures were performed before and after the intervention. Data were collected by three instruments, including mini-mental status examination, geriatric depression scale, and ego-integrity scale. Results showed that cognition scores were significantly improved. The scores of depression and ego-integrity revealed a sign of improvement but failed to approve by the statistic evidence. Therefore, the horticultural life review program might be a potential intervention for the enhancement of cognitive and mental wellness. Further research to identify the solid effects of this localizing therapeutic horticulture modality is needed. |
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