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International Journal of Nursing & Clinical Practices Volume 1 (2014), Article ID 1:IJNCP-101, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2014/101
Research Article
Efficacy of Horticultural Activity in Elderly People with Dementia: A Pilot Study on the Influence on Vitality and Cognitive Function

Junko Masuya1* and Kikuko Ota2

1Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 7-2-10 Higashi-Ogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo,116-8551, Japan
2Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care, Keio University, 4111 Endo, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa, 252-0816, Japan
Dr. Junko Masuya, Faculty of Health Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, 7-2-10 Higashi-Ogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo,116-8551, Japan; E-mail: masuya@tmu.ac.jp
11 August 2014; 11 September 2014; 13 September 2014
Masuya J, Ota K (2014) Efficacy of Horticultural Activity in Elderly People with Dementia: A Pilot Study on the Influence on Vitality and Cognitive Function. Int J Nurs Clin Pract 1: 101. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15344/2394-4978/2014/101
This research was supported by a grant from the 2011 Keio University doctoral student support program.
© 2014 Masuya et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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