The green color unleashed a single citizen of the people of determination, from isolation, after suffering deep depression accompanied by a long period, as the plants aroused their interest, and encouraged them to break the psychological restrictions that surrounded them, which enabled her to regain her desire for life, and convinced her to go outdoors , And take care of their own crops.

Maryam Al Hammadi, Director of the Community Development Department in Dubai, told Emirates Today that women in the Department of Determination have been investigating the details of the life of the cases registered with them, through the implementation of the field team visits to their homes.

She said the team discovered that the woman was unmarried, living in her home alone, and that she was suffering from a complicated psychological situation, explaining that she was spending the day hours sitting in her wheelchair, without any activity or work. She also did not communicate with friends or neighbors, surrounded by thick walls of isolation, which seemed sad and disturbing, and demanded quick intervention, in order to change her life, and pushed her to love life.

According to al-Hammadi, the agency has relied on studies that confirm the positive psychological impact of nature in dealing with women, and trying to arouse their interest to interact with life. The Authority launched the “Senior Citizen Gardens” initiative in 2017 to support elderly people enrolled in the Home Care Program (LIFE), to help them set up private gardens in their homes.

Al-Hammadi added that the team found during the visits that the internal situation of the house and its facilities is poor and unsuitable for living, especially for a woman in the circumstances of her life, which made him decide to take quick actions, such as changing the place of living, and the appointment of domestic help, training and rehabilitation to serve women properly.

Despite the urgent relocation of the woman to another house, in collaboration with the Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Establishment, which prioritizes any request from the agency for humanitarian situations that need to be amended immediately, the woman's psychological situation improved only when the team decided to establish a garden. Outdoors in her home, green plants have attracted attention, and focus on something new and beautiful in her life, as it turned out later how she interacts with the garden.

Al-Hammadi pointed out that dealing with the green color, which characterizes nature, is optimistic, and gives comfort and calm, adding that many scientific studies confirm that proximity to nature, such as gardens and sandy beaches, improves the performance of the brain, and reflects positively on comfort and quality of sleep.

The Commission decided to take advantage of the impact of nature, and interaction with its various elements in motivating the lady to reconcile life, after she had locked herself and neglected.

Al-Hammadi said the establishment of the outdoor garden in the lady's house, in cooperation with Dubai Municipality, has changed her lifestyle by insisting on enjoying the outdoor session, eating in the garden, and taking care of planting.

She continued to breathe clean outdoor air, contemplate beautiful scenery, and take care of the plants, has made a noticeable change in the life of the lady, who has become a movement and get out of the house, and talk to the competent team and vitality.

Her mental state also changed after she continued to participate in her garden and sit there daily.

«Senior Citizen Gardens»

The Authority launched the “Senior Citizen Gardens” initiative in 2017 to support elderly people enrolled in the Home Care Program “LIFE”, and to help them establish private gardens in their homes, with the aim of filling their leisure time taking care of the garden throughout the year, and motivating them to perform dynamic activities that raise their moral status. .