TY - JOUR AU - Ortiz, Miriam AU - Ammann, Eva Soom AU - Gross, Corina Salis AU - Schnabel, Katharina AU - Walbaum, Torsten AU - Binting, Sylvia AU - Fischer, Herbert Felix AU - Teut, Michael AU - Kottner, Jan AU - Suhr, Ralf AU - Brinkhaus, Benno PY - 2014 DA - 2014/11/12 TI - Complementary medicine in nursing homes - results of a mixed methods pilot study JO - BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine SP - 443 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - ‘Kneipp Therapy’ (KT) is a form of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) that includes a combination of hydrotherapy, herbal medicine, mind-body medicine, physical activities, and healthy eating. Since 2007, some nursing homes for older adults in Germany began to integrate CAM in the form of KT in care. The study investigated how KT is used in daily routine care and explored the health status of residents and caregivers involved in KT. SN - 1472-6882 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-14-443 DO - 10.1186/1472-6882-14-443 ID - Ortiz2014 ER -