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Introduction PART I Introduction: Outdoor Environments for People with Dementia Benyamin Schwarz Susan Rodiek This volume is about people who are afflicted with dementia, about nature and outdoor environments, and about the relationship between them. There are special problems associated with providing care for cognitively impaired persons and support to their families; these problems are recognized by re- searchers, funding agencies and care providers. We view this collection of ar- ticles as a contribution to the task of expanding the knowledge base for the design of outdoor environments for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other kinds of dementia. While we consider the outdoors to be essential component in the intervention efforts in dementia care, we have a complementary task to set limits on what are believed to be achievable goals in the care for this popu- lation. As Lawton and Rubinstein have cautioned us: “For a condition whose biological substratum is irreversible, it is tempting to foster unrealistic hope that is good for neither science nor families with an impaired person” (2000, p. xiv). The first objective of the volume is to maintain the position in which empir- ical studies and direct observations constitute the foundation on which hope is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Aging and Environment Taylor & Francis

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Schwarz, Benyamin; Rodiek, Susan
Journal of Aging and Environment , Volume 21 (1-2): 11 – Dec 17, 2007
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PART I Introduction: Outdoor Environments for People with Dementia Benyamin Schwarz Susan Rodiek This volume is about people who are afflicted with dementia, about nature and outdoor environments, and about the relationship between them. There are special problems associated with providing care for cognitively impaired persons and support to their families; these problems are recognized by re- searchers, funding agencies and care providers. We view this collection of ar- ticles as a...
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PART I Introduction: Outdoor Environments for People with Dementia Benyamin Schwarz Susan Rodiek This volume is about people who are afflicted with dementia, about nature and outdoor environments, and about the relationship between them. There are special problems associated with providing care for cognitively impaired persons and support to their families; these problems are recognized by re- searchers, funding agencies and care providers. We view this collection of ar- ticles as a contribution to the task of expanding the knowledge base for the design of outdoor environments for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other kinds of dementia. While we consider the outdoors to be essential component in the intervention efforts in dementia care, we have a complementary task to set limits on what are believed to be achievable goals in the care for this popu- lation. As Lawton and Rubinstein have cautioned us: “For a condition whose biological substratum is irreversible, it is tempting to foster unrealistic hope that is good for neither science nor families with an impaired person” (2000, p. xiv). The first objective of the volume is to maintain the position in which empir- ical studies and direct observations constitute the foundation on which hope is

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