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Horticultural Therapy
Horticultural therapy can address the dying patient’s negative feelings; threats to self esteem and help restore a sense of control, contributing to an improved quality of life. Horticultural Therapy goals focus on alleviating stress and anxiety, decreasing social isolation, rebuilding self-esteem, increasing independence, and maximizing functioning. The role of HT is to support the palliative goal in the treatment of advanced cancer patients.
PAENSES IN THE GARDEN Charles Sourby, MS Ed.
Bonsai Gardens, Seed Starting, Aroma Therapy, Plants of the Bible, Garden Prayers, Useful Terminology, Useful Plants
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Reflection
To affect the quality of the day is the highest of arts.
Henry David Thoreau
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Key Words
American Horticultural Therapy Association Cancer Care Commitment Disengagement Horticultural Therapy Life Continues Non-abandonment Patient Garden Palliative Care Psycho-Social Impact of Dying R.O.P.E.s Social Comparison Theory Terminal Illness 6/7/2015
Learn how therapeutic recreation & Horticultural therapy addresses a patient’s negative feelings; threats to self esteem, and help restore a sense of control, contributing to an improved health related quality of life.
AHTA, 2004
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Cancer
Despite all of the technological advances in medicine, some cancers simply cannot be cured. Cancer affects people from all cultures, socio-economic classes, ages, and backgrounds. More than 1.2 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer each year and no less than 500,000 die from the disease annually.
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The Horticultural Therapist
Horticultural therapists, traditionally concerned with the quality and potential of human life, face a difficult challenge in providing Horticultural Therapy in settings that serve people with life threatening illnesses such as advanced or end-stage cancer.
Connoly--1993
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Horticultural Therapy
As defined by the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA), horticultural therapy is a discipline that uses plants, gardening activities, and the natural world as vehicles of professionally conducted programs in therapy and rehabilitation. Horticultural therapy can be applied in every type of medical and social service setting ranging from hospitals, to corrections, to youths at risk, to vocational programs.
CNN--1995
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Cancer Care
Treatment often involves surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. The disease and subsequent treatments can be painful and uncomfortable. For the patient who does not respond to treatment, or, who is medically determined to be at the end stage of the disease process, being admitted to a hospital or hospice is a common occurrence.