Sunday, August 7, 2011

Healing Gardens Help Hospital Staff Deal with Stress

Healing gardens work not just for patients but also for the hospital staff. For one, a beautiful garden doesn’t simply feed to human nature’s penchant for scenic places, but helps with our physical, psychological and emotional well being. That’s the reason why most nurses and doctors would take off their nursing uniforms for a while for a vacation in places where the scenic views are magnificent. The beauty of nature takes away stress and energizes people. And when they come back to work, the vacationers normally glow with notable radiance. Significantly, healing gardens in hospitals also provide therapeutic effect to the stressed health care workers while at work.

There are varieties of healing gardens, each mainly designed for the needs of patients. Specialty hospitals and clinics that deal with specific groups of patients can have healing gardens particularly structured for their therapeutic needs and physical capabilities. The types of healing gardens include psychiatric hospital gardens, children’s gardens, nursing home gardens, Alzheimer’s Treatment gardens, hospice gardens, gardens for the visually impaired, meditation gardens, enabling gardens, sensory gardens, and gardens for horticultural therapy.

Healing Garden at Franklin Memorial Hospital
Image from dailybulldog.com

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