Horticultural Therapy for the Cognitive Functioning of Elderly People with Dementia

Fig. 59.1

The process of development of human welfare and improvement of quality of life (QOL) using horticulture therapy

Method

Candidates for the Intervention

HT is applicable for a wide range of patients, e.g., having serious illness (Barley et al. 2013), are cancer survivors (Nakau et al. 2013), suffering from musculoskeletal pain (Verra et al. 2012), are depressed (Gonzalez et al. 2011), or having a wide variety of diseases and disabilities (Annerstedt and Währborg 2011).

The patients participating in KUHTP are presented in Table 59.1.

Table 59.1

Patients participating in the horticultural therapy presented in this chapter

Group	Patient	Age	Sex	Previous profession	Physical condition									Conversation ability	Experience in gardening and agricultural activities
					Physical function				Present medical record
					Walking	Eye sight	Hearing	Paralysis	Hypertension	Diabetic	Hyperlipemia	Heart disease	Other
GH-S: (n = 9)	A	85	Male	Office worker	Δ* 2		Δ* 5		×		×		Gout, glaucoma		No
	B	85	Female	Unclear	Δ*				×	×					Yes
	C	80	Female	Unclear	2				×				Osteoporosis, spinal disease		Yes
	D	90	Female	Entrepreneur	Δ*	Δ*	Δ						Brain apoplexy		Yes
					2	4
	E	92	Female	Farmer			Δ		×			×	Malignant tumor		Yes
	F	87	Female	Kimono maker					×				Malignant tumor, abdominal and aortic aneurysm		Yes
	G	71	Female	Office worker									Brain apoplexy		No
	H	80	Female	Entrepreneur	Δ* 2	Δ			×			×			Yes
	I	76	Female	Restaurant worker	Δ* 2	Δ	Δ		×				Brain apoplexy, brain atherosclerosis		Yes
GH-T: (n = 12)	J	90	Male	Organization worker	Δ* 2		Δ					×		Δ
	K	76	Male	Unclear	Δ* 2				×	×		×	Prostatomegaly
	L	82	Male	Farmer		Δ
	M	90	Male	Civil servant					×					Δ
	N	86	Male	Entrepreneur	Δ* 2		Δ						Malignant tumor	Δ
	O	97	Male	Farmer			Δ			×		×		Δ
	P	81	Female	Farmer
	Q	88	Female	Entrepreneur	×* 1
	R	84	Female	Farmer	Δ* 2				×
	S	85	Female	Teacher			Δ		×	×
	T	80	Female	Part-timer
	U	88	Female	Farmer			Δ		×