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Proposal Sensory Garden Projects for the Accessible Tourism in urban areas.
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It is estimated that approximately 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, and this number is projected to triple by 2050. In Brazil and Latin America, cases are expected to increase by 200%, making dementia the seventh leading cause of death globally. Accessible Tourism (AT) for people with dementia, especially through the creation of sens...
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... has shown that exposure to environments rich in sensory stimuli can activate adaptive processes in the brain, mitigating dysfunctional behaviors and slowing synaptic degeneration (Lai et al., 2023). With a view to guiding urban planning managers to promote improvements in city infrastructure and to adapt public policies aimed at accessibility, inclusion and dignity of people with dementia, seven EBD-oriented guidelines were proposed for sensory garden projects, as shown in Table 1. ...