[The enriched garden concept: An innovation in geriatrics]

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.

Keywords: cognitive stimulation; enriched environment; environnement enrichi; garden; geriatric institution; institution gériatrique; jardin; sensory stimulation; stimulation cognitive; stimulation sensorielle.