Effects of Nature-based Group Intervention on Quality-of-life in Lonely Older People Living in Assisted Living Facities

"Groups of 5-12 persons will formed from one assisted living facility. All of them will undergo an individual interview to assess their wishes for the nature-based activities.~Participants meet in a closed group for 9 times once a week for 10 weeks. All 2-4 hour sessions will include nature-based activities and mutual discussions about the experiences of nature and loneliness.~2 professionals will facilitate and observe the group more thoroughly, give feedback to each other, and make use of group dynamics. They write diaries on each session and receive feedback from their trainers. The groups are objective oriented (aiming to alleviate loneliness, to improve participants' self-efficacy), client oriented and aim with favorable group dynamics to mature, self-directing group in which the participants have made friends with each other and want meet with each other without the facilitators after the official group intervention is over."