Research shows gardening can help reduce dementia and help dementia patients improve memory.
It’s why the residents at The Gardens at Castle Hills assisted living and memory care facility have started a gardening club and are now seeing the benefits.
Lucy is one of the residents and has led a gardening club over the past year. One of their projects were sunflowers, that eventually grew over 10 feet tall. Dicks started out as the activity coordinator at the facility and said the research is why they started the garden club a year and a half ago. He said it not only gets the residents socializing outside, but helps exercise their brains and keep memories sharp.
“People make connections with their past, when they used to garden in their home and with their loved ones,” he explained. “And it strengthens those memories which strengthens the part of the brain that accounts for the memories.”
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