Nature-Based Interventions for Cognitive Decline with Dr. Becca Lassell

Dr. Becca Lassell is an occupational therapist whose research focuses on equine-assisted services and the impact of the equine-environment on cognitive, physical, and social well-being. In this episode, we discuss Lassell's dissertation research that examined how people with Alzheimer’s and dementia responded to a therapeutic horseback riding program, called Riding in the Moment, which is offered at Hearts & Horses Therapeutic Riding Center in Loveland, Colorado. We also talk about gardening, and how nature-based interventions like these seem to positively impact people with cognitive decline.