ArticleInternational journal of older people nursing2020
Residents' use and perceptions of residential care facility gardens: A behaviour mapping and conversation study.
Article in International journal of older people nursing, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Factors influencing access to green health prescribing in primary care for older adults - a qualitative systematic review.BMC medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Influence of Freedom of Movement on the Health of People With Dementia: A Systematic Review.The Gerontologist · 2023Pooled it
- How storey configuration and number of transition points shape opportunities for outdoor access in residential care facilities: implications for age-friendly environments.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Private garden uses and associated mental well-being benefits during the first UK Covid-19 lockdown - a social media investigation.PloS one · 2026Article
- Toward a proposal for a national strategy for access to outdoor stays in residential care facilities for older adults in Sweden.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Article
- Person-Centered Climate, Garden Greenery and Well-Being among Nursing Home Residents: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Characteristics of Physical Activities and Environmental Factor Preferences of Older Adults in Rural Resettlement Community in Ningbo, China.Journal of environmental and public health · 2022Article
- Residents' use and perceptions of residential care facility gardens: A behaviour mapping and conversation study.International journal of older people nursing · 2020Article
- "Human Flourishing with Dignity": A Meta-Ethnography of the Meaning of Gardens for Elderly in Nursing Homes and Residential Care Settings.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
Abstract
aimTo describe the gardens and their use by individuals living at residential care facilities (RCFs) with high ratings on restorative values.
backgroundBeing outdoors has been described as important to older people's well-being. Use of outdoor gardens may increase residents' well-being through experiences of restorative qualities such as being away and fascination. Thus far, there has been little research on restorative experiences of gardens in the care of older people.
designA descriptive design using behaviour mapping observations integrated with qualitative field notes and recorded conversations.
methodsA criterion sampling of two gardens (out of a total of 87) was made based on residents' ratings of restorative values; the two with the highest values were chosen. Eleven residents at the two RCFs took part. Data were collected through behaviour mapping observations, field notes and conversations on five occasions in the respective facilities during residents' visits to the garden.
resultsThe observations revealed that the main uses of the gardens were to socialise and relax. The conversations also showed that the garden stimulated residents' senses and evoked memories from the past. These restorative values were interpreted as a sense of being away and fascination. Not having opportunities for outdoor visits was reported to result in disappointment and reduced well-being.
conclusionsThe findings showed that two basic gardens with different characteristics and views could stimulate residents' senses and evoke memories from the past; this supports the call for residents to be able to spend time in gardens to promote their well-being. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: First-line managers, nurses and healthcare staff in the care of older people should consider that regular opportunities to spend time outdoors may promote older people's well-being through feelings of being away and fascination.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.