Effect of design interventions on a dementia care setting

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 172-176

  Schwarz, Benyamin ^a   Chaudhury, Habib ^b   Tofle, Ruth Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Alzheimer's activity programming; Dementia; Environment; Long term care; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; TRAINING;

EID: 2942528672     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331750401900304     Document Type: Article

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