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Can the outdoors transform lives of people with dementia?
This timely collection explores how nature-based activities — from social farming to walking, travel and creative practices— can support wellbeing, connection and quality of life.
Bringing together international research, practice examples and lived experience, the book critically examines both the promise and the challenges of outdoor based support and care across diverse contexts. Grounded in theory yet rich in real-world insight, it identifies best practices while addressing barriers to access and implementation.
At a moment when dementia is a global public health priority, this innovative book offers a vital rethinking of care beyond traditional indoor settings.
1. Introduction: Nature and the Outdoors to Support People Living with Dementia: Evidence from Research, Practice and Lived Experience - Anthea Innes, Constance Dupuis, Vanina Dal Bello-Haas
2. Bush Bathing: The Role of the Outdoors in My Dementia Journey - Bill Heibein
3. Nature-Based Care and Dementia: What the Research Shows - Harmony Jiang, Paul McCrone, Catherine Carr, Charlotte Stoner
4. Promoting Full(er) Participation: Learning from a Co-Designed Nature-Based Initiative for People Living with Dementia and Their Care Partners - Constance Dupuis, Anthea Innes, Vanina Dal Bello-Haas and Mason McLeod
5. Nature Interactions Along the Continuum of Care for People with Dementia - Jodi Sturge and Geke Ludden
6. Outdoor Life in Nature: Walking-Based Outdoor Activities in Nature to Promote Health and Wellbeing for People Living with Dementia - Geir Berg and Brooke Hollister
7. Understanding the Landscape of Outdoor Spaces for People Living with Dementia in Kenya - Mary Njoki, Purity Mwendwa and Elizabeth Mutunga
8. The Friday Futures Group: How People Living with Dementia Benefit and Care Partners Benefit from Participating in Activity Sessions in a Community Woodland - Adrian Clark
9. Dementia Adventures - Danine Irwin and Catherine Reed
10. Memory Camps: An Innovative Way to Support People Living with Dementia - Rachel Watkins-Petersen and Carrie Esselman
11. Dementia Friendly Art and Nature Explorations - Gillian Fallon
12. Wilderness Pedagogy: Empowering People Living with Dementia to Dare to Experience the Great Outdoors - Sam Grüneisen
13. Social Farms – An Inclusive Outdoor Opportunity: Perspectives of South Asian People Living with Dementia Living in the United Kingdom - Nazmul Hussain, Alexandra Kaley and Ruth Bartlett
14. Equestrian Activities for People Living with Dementia - Clelia D’Anastasio
15. Dementia Eco-Tourism: Innovation to Enhance Wellbeing for People Living with Dementia - Irene Blackberry, Tshepo Rasekaba, Shahinoor Akter, Dan Douglass, Geoff Hyde, Judi Hyde and Sean MacDermott
16. Living with Alzheimer’s: Nature, Purpose, and a Life Still in Bloom - Helen Rochford-Brennan
17. The Outdoors, Nature and Dementia Care: A Vision for the Future - Vanina Dal Bello-Haas, Constance Dupuis and Anthea Innes