Nature in care homes. Alamar videos are a non-drug therapy, a true medicine for the soul. Testimony by Valentina Pirola, Santa Teresa care home, in Livraga (LO) Italy.
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RI.GENE.RA (RE.GENE.RATE): the influence of nature’s frequencies on stem cells. Talk by Cristina Fino: “Regenerating with Nature through audiovisual vibrational frequencies.”
Alzheimer’s and Experience Nature videos: testimony of Enrica Pontin, educator at LTC Villa Serena, Solagna (VI), Italy.
Alzheimer’s and art therapy: testimony of Valentina Pirola, occupational therapist at the Santa Teresa care home in Livraga (LO), Italy.
Experience Nature produces improvements in both cognitive and emotional management, creating an immediate and regenerative sense of well-being. It therefore constitutes a useful care modality in reducing physical and pharmacological restraint for people with dementia.
Experiment conducted on 22 people with Alzheimer’s lasting 3 months: relaxing viewing of Experience Nature movies before painting workshop.
Experiment: Alamar Life videos to improve the cognitive and attentive functions of people living with dementia.
“In the observation I caught not only a great commitment to the work they were doing, but above all a condition of extreme relaxation that led the children, who worked alternately in small groups, to remain in an almost meditative silence”.