Coordinating gardening activities throughout the year
Spring is the time when every gardener's thoughts turn to the horticultural year ahead. Jennifer Wenborn outlines how gardening ideas can be used in care homes.
Using a sensory approach to improve wellbeing
Despite the importance of sensory stimulation, it can sometimes be unwittingly overlooked in care homes. Jennifer Wenborn describes how to improve this aspect of care.
Occupational behavior and life satisfaction among retirees.
Kielhofner's A Model of Human Occupation was used to guide a study on the effect of occupational behavior (defined as the type, amount, and meaningfulness of one's activities) on life satisfaction in retirees. Seventy-nine volunteers from a variety of settings for the elderly completed a questionnaire about the amount and types of their activities, the meaningfulness of their activities (i.e., enjoyability, autonomy, and competency), and life satisfaction. The results demonstrated that occupational behavior plays a significant role in affecting life satisfaction among retirees.