Dr Garuth Chalfont

Principles

Place is a space made meaningful through relationship.
Nature is therapeutic for which the garden is a healing tool.
People with dementia can use nature as a tool to communicate.
A care environment is one which facilitates relationships.
A person’s level of cognition is no measure of their subjective well-being.
Dementia enables ‘Prosentia’ – the increased ability
to sense, feel and express emotion and affection.
'Edge space' affords sensory stimulation and the potential for social interaction.

Real life is the activity.
Fresh air is a human right.
So is going outside.