Access to the outdoors: Using photographic comparison to assess preferences of assisted living residents

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 73, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 184-199

  Rodiek, Susan D ^a,b,c,d   Fried, Jessica T ^a,e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Health Systems and Design   (United States)

^c Texas Healthy Aging Network   (United States)

^d Environment Gerontology Network   (United States)

^e GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Assisted living; Elderly; Healing gardens; Landscape features; Outdoor environments; Photographic comparison; Therapeutic landscapes; Visual assessment; Well being

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; HOUSING; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

AGING; ASSISTED LIVING; ELDERLY; HEALING GARDENS; LANDSCAPE FEATURES; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS; PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPARISON; THERAPEUTIC LANDSCAPES; VISUAL ASSESSMENT; WELL BEING;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

ACCESSIBILITY; ELDERLY CARE; LANDSCAPE; OUTDOOR RECREATION; PHOTOGRAPH;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24344499127     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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