Proposal and verification of a new elderly health support system "visiting horticulture" that combines visiting nursing and horticulture therapy

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26450028
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Horticultural science
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: IWSAKI Yutaka 千葉大学, 大学院園芸学研究科, 准教授 (70316040)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 園芸療法 / 訪問看護 / 地域ケア / 高齢者 / 地域支援 / 園芸活動 / QOL

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Recently, it is necessary to support the health of community elderly in specialized fields other than nursing field. On the other hands, adaptation in a various fields is expected for plant-based care such as horticulture therapy. Therefore, in this research, we propose a new health care system "visiting horticulture" of elderly who combined "visiting nursing" and "horticulture therapy" and tried to verify its effectiveness.
As a result, agricultural students conducted garden management activities at the elderly 's home, promoting communication between students and the elderly via plants, making it easier for both to gain empathy. Therefore, visiting gardening activities by agricultural students were considered to be one of the activities that can contribute to the improvement of QOL of elderly people at home.

Free Research Field

環境健康学