Dr. Angela Catic, assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine's Huffington Center on Aging, explains how gardening can be a healthy pastime for seniors at any mobility level.
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Alive gardening for older people in care
2020-05-08
Alive's Social and Therapeutic Horticulture workshops enable older people in care to work together on gardening and nature-based activities, increasing their social interaction and sense of purpose and achievement.
Evergreen Gardening Project Evaluation Report
Daily home gardening was associated with a high survival rate. The benefits were robust for those with mobility limitations, but without depression at baseline when adjusted for time-dependent comorbidities, mobility limitations, and depression. Chronic or relapsed depression weakened the protection of gardening. For those without mobility...
Covid-19
2020-05-05
The covid-19 pandemic has shown me what I really need and what I want when getting old.
We know this is a big question - in fact, it is one of the "essential questions" we posed in this resource - but, before you dig in to the news, try just answering it off the top of your head.
The conker tree has been put on the official extinction list.
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2020-02-26
Earthship 101
2020-02-11
An Earthship is a type of passive solar house that is made of both natural and upcycled materials
You'll be seeing more and more high tech farms popping up in cities
Aeroponics grows fruits and vegetables faster, cheaper and better