Quality of life and building design in residential and nursing homes for older people

Ageing and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 941-962

  Parker, Chris ^a   Barnes, Sarah ^a   Mckee, Kevin ^a   Morgan, Kevin ^b   Torrington, Judith ^a   Tregenza, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Building design; Care home; Environment; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; DESIGN; ELDERLY CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 11144314869     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X04002387     Document Type: Article

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