{"id":112734,"date":"2019-11-29T15:12:11","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T08:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-in-touch-with-nature-the-care-homes-connecting-residents-with-the-outdoors\/"},"modified":"2019-11-29T16:03:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T09:03:24","slug":"im-in-touch-with-nature-the-care-homes-connecting-residents-with-the-outdoors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-in-touch-with-nature-the-care-homes-connecting-residents-with-the-outdoors\/","title":{"rendered":"'I'm in touch with nature': the care homes connecting residents with the outdoors"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBuildings designed to bring the benefits of the outdoors indoors give people happier, healthier lives \u201cI love the space all around here,\u201d says care home resident John Ryan. \u201cPrevious homes I have lived in have been large, Victorian-style houses and in the garden you would have a monkey puzzle tree with a little area to walk around in a circle, and that\u2019s it. Very boring.\u201dThe 85-year-old is anything but bored now. As he reminisces about his younger days travelling the world with his wife and working in agriculture, he pauses now and then to play a fish-themed game on the interactive table in front of him. When another resident joins him, the game is changed to a gentler challenge \u2013 painting colour on to a blossoming tree. It is one of a number of nature-themed activities residents at West Hall care home can take part in, from bingo and pub quizzes to art. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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