Browsing by Subject "quality of life"
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Colorado attitudes about agriculture and food: 2011 executive summary
This summary highlights some key findings of the 2011 Survey on Public Attitudes about Colorado Agriculture. The study's figures, tables and discussion are based on the responses of 504 Coloradans who participated in an ... -
Saving creation: faith shaping environmental policy
Religious faith can make a unique contribution to environmental policy. Typically, legislators might expect to formulate a science-based environmental policy. But scientific reasoning is able to offer only partial and ... -
Dementia-specific lived environment and life quality model, The: environmental interventions and roles of expert practitioners
Individuals with Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative dementias (ADRD) are particularly vulnerable to their environments due to diminished abilities to correctly process, organize, and integrate sensory ... -
Functional competence and emotional well-being for long term care residents with dementia: confirming a conceptual practice model through action research
Long term care facilities often lack support for residents' quality of life. The Lived Environment and Life Quality Model (LELQ) is an empirically derived conceptual model on the effects of the lived environment on three ... -
Systematic mapping review of animal-assisted therapies for adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, A: implications for occupational therapy
The objective of this thesis was to map the current state of knowledge of animal-assisted therapies (AAT) for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) and to derive implications for occupational therapy ... -
Overview of Coloradans' perceptions of agriculture, An
Starting in 1996, the Colorado Department of Agriculture identified the need to better understand how: a) the citizens of Colorado viewed the agricultural industry as a whole; b) the public perceives emerging policies meant ... -
Riding in the moment: an exploratory mixed methods case study of activity situations and quality of life of institutionalized adults with dementia
The number of adults with some form of dementia is growing, and growing remarkably fast (MBA Healthcare Management, 2017). As adults experience the progressive nature of dementia and consequently, lose functional abilities, ... -
Influence of the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program on the quality of life of its program participants and educators
The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) funds are distributed to land grant universities in all states, US territories and the District of Columbia (USDA, 2013). It was established by the Smith-Lever Act ... -
Scientific advancement of two nature-based interventions for people with dementia, The: adaptive riding and adaptive gardening
People living with dementia are at risk for decreased quality of life (QoL). QoL may be supported through adaptive riding and horsemanship activities and adaptive gardening, two nature-based interventions; yet, they require ...
