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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Nursing home's therapeutic garden a boon for residents

Source Website: https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/nursing-homes-therapeutic-garden-boon-residents
By Janice Tai, The New Paper, 25 September 2018 at 06:00 am


Nursing home resident Tan Soo Siam (far left), 72, says it is much nicer in the therapeutic garden than indoors.
PHOTO: Nursing home resident Tan Soo Siam (far left), 72, says it is much nicer in the therapeutic garden than indoors.
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At the rooftop garden of the NTUC Health nursing home in Jurong West, residents can brush their hands against textured and coloured plants, smell them and even eat some of them.

To the uninitiated, this may look like any other garden.

It is, however, the first garden in a nursing home here developed as a therapeutic garden, in consultation with the National Parks Board (NParks).

Such gardens are designed, using science-based principles, to facilitate interactions with nature in a way that may improve the mental and psychosocial well-being of visitors and residents.


Home's therapeutic garden a boon for residents
PHOTO: Home's therapeutic garden a boon for residents
(From left) Mr Tan Soo Siam, 72, with volunteers Ke Sau Keau (side view), 73, and Connie Ho, 64, as well as fellow resident Quek Chin Long, 78, at the rooftop garden of the NTUC Health nursing home in Jurong West. It is the first garden in a nursing home here developed as a therapeutic garden, in consultation with the National Parks Board.
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Last year, NParks released a guide on the design of therapeutic landscapes, particularly for the elderly and people with dementia. These design guidelines include the type of plants to be used in a therapeutic garden, its amenities and layout as well as its signage.

The NTUC Health nursing home, for instance, uses a trellis to act as a destination point so residents can easily find their way. It also doubles up as a shaded area as residents living with dementia may not recognise that they are feeling warm while in the garden.

The natural bamboo musical instruments installed among the plants are aimed at stimulating residents' sense of hearing and improving their motor and coordination skills as they create music in the garden.


The natural bamboo musical instruments installed among the plants are aimed at stimulating residents' sense of hearing and improving their motor and coordination skills as they create music in the garden.
PHOTO: The natural bamboo musical instruments installed among the plants are aimed at stimulating residents' sense of hearing and improving their motor and coordination skills as they create music in the garden.
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NTUC Health's principal occupational therapist Benjamin Lim said residents at the home participate in therapeutic activities, such as scent bag making or plant propagation.

Those who have taken part in such sessions have improved their motor, sensory and cognitive perceptual skills, said Mr Lim.

Resident Tan Soo Siam, 72, enjoys the social aspect of communal gardening.

Said Mr Tan: "I hang around with friends here, and it is much better out here than in the room."


Your health will benefit from letting nature into your awareness as often as you can, any way you can.
PHOTO: Your health will benefit from letting nature into your awareness as often as you can, any way you can. Watch the ever-changing shapes of clouds, admire trees, listen to the wind and look at the moon, at birds, at mountains. When you do, remember that you are part of nature, connected through it to something larger than yourself. - Andrew Weil, M.D.
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Gardens are designed, using science-based principles, to facilitate interactions with nature in a way that may improve the mental and psychosocial well-being of visitors and residents.
PHOTO: Gardens are designed, using science-based principles, to facilitate interactions with nature in a way that may improve the mental and psychosocial well-being of visitors and residents.
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Those who have taken part in therapeutic activities have improved their motor, sensory and cognitive perceptual skills.
PHOTO: Those who have taken part in therapeutic activities have improved their motor, sensory and cognitive perceptual skills. NParks released a guide on the design of therapeutic landscapes, particularly for the elderly and people with dementia.
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NTUC Health nursing home in Jurong West is the first garden in a nursing home here developed as a therapeutic garden, in consultation with the National Parks Board (NParks).
PHOTO: NTUC Health nursing home in Jurong West is the first garden in a nursing home here developed
as a therapeutic garden, in consultation with the National Parks Board (NParks).
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NParks embark on two research studies, in collaboration with NUS and KTPH
PHOTO: NParks embark on two research studies, in collaboration with NUS and KTPH:
Park Prescription examines the positive effects of physical activity in parks with clinical research;
Horticultural Therapy investigates the effects of parks and gardening on the mental health of the elderly.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew greened up Singapore as he felt strongly that “a blighted urban landscape, a concrete jungle destroys the human spirit. We need the greenery of nature to lift our spirits.”
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By Janice Tai, The New Paper, 25 September 2018 at 06:00 am
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Saturday, July 3, 2010

Residents to vote on estate’s new look

MY PAPER, FRIDAY JULY 2, 2010, PAGE A4, HOME
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By RACHEL CHAN, rachchan@sph.com.sg



PHOTO: DRAWING BOARD: Tampines Neighbourhood 9 could soon boast features such as a green ramp for exercise, and a pavement for chalk graffiti.
(PHOTO: TEAM DESIGN ARCHITECTS)
MY PAPER, FRIDAY JULY 2, 2010, PAGE A4, HOME


A green ramp one can jog on and use as a stage for performances. A pavement where artists can draw chalk graffiti. A weekend flea market on the street.

Residents in 25-year-old Tampines Neighbourhood 9, in Tampines West, may get to enjoy these features and more in about two years’ time, if they give the thumbs up to a proposed Neighbourhood Renewal Programme (NRP).

This government-funded, $10-million project to upgrade common areas in the estate needs at least 75 per cent of residents’ votes before Tuesday, in order for it to go ahead.

The final design with the features, by Team Design Architects, was unveiled to residents yesterday by Mr Masagos Zulkifli, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Education and Home Affairs and Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC.

It had garnered the majority of votes from residents in a poll on three proposals last September.

The poll had been held as part of a public consultation exercise on the proposed revamp, held by Tampines Town Council to ensure that the NRP would serve residents’ needs.

Mr Masagos, who also chairs the town council, said: “One of the main concerns highlighted was that some activities, located too close to residents’ homes, created a lot of noise. People playing basketball late into the night, for instance. “We have taken this into consideration while developing the final design and will be relocating these activities to the fringe areas of the estate.”

He envisions that NRP will transform Tampines Neighbourhood 9 into one that “doesn’t look so typically like an HDB estate”. He added: “I want to add that wow factor; that is my dream.”





Housewife Sheila Wong, 44, said she was looking forward most to a green sloped ramp that residents can stroll along. She said: “It will be near my block, which makes it convenient for my elderly mother-in-law to go for a walk.”

This NRP, involving 38 blocks and 3,352 dwellings, will be the largest in Singapore to date and the first for Tampines. It will be carried out concurrently with the Lift Upgrading Programme and the Home Improvement Programme in the neighbourhood.

The NRP is meant for blocks that were built before 1990 and have not undergone other major upgrading programmes. As of last month, 31 NRP projects have been announced, of which 12 have incorporated residents’ feedback.

Similar plans for NRP are underway for the rest of Tampines, but it will be up to each ward adviser to decide how it will be implemented, said Mr Masagos.
By RACHEL CHAN, rachchan@sph.com.sg



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