Design consideration and construction process of children therapeutic garden

• Main Author: Said, Ismail
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: GV Recreation Leisure
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/527/1/ismailsaid2003_CTG_paper.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/527/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Hospitalisation often erodes the feelings of toddlers and young children causing regressive behaviours and stress, which result in reduced cognitive performance, helplessness, restlessness, crying, anxiety, and elevated blood pressure. Having the ill children experiencing a garden setting, either in...