Restorative Dementia Gardens

Abstract

Abstract Recent neuropsychological research suggests that attention function has significant predictive value in diagnosing dementia in the preclinical phase. Given this ongoing, and presumably progressively declining function in people with dementia, it makes sense to more fully understand the ways in which natural settings may restore attentional capacity. This article explores the design implications of Kaplan's Attention Restoration Theory (ART) for restorative gardens aimed to...