[The enriched garden concept: An innovation in geriatrics]
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A Protocol for Housing Mice in an Enriched Environment
Published on: June 8, 2015
Etienne Bourdon1, Joël Belmin2
1Laboratoire éducation et promotion de la santé (Laboratoire éducations et pratiques de santé UR 3412), Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, 74 rue Marcel-Cachin, 93017 Bobigny, France; Hôpital Charles-Foix, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 7 avenue de la République, 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine, France.
Abstract:
Societal expectations underline the importance of offering nursing home résidents an environment that is favorable to health and quality of life. Experimental studies conducted on the enriched environment have shown interesting perspectives without, however, transposing them to the living environment of the older persons. The enriched garden is an innovative concept in geriatrics, resulting from translational research that could provide encouraging answers to the question of improving the living environment in psycho-geriatric institutions.
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