Neighbourhoods for life: Designing dementia-friendly outdoor environments

Quality in Ageing and Older Adults

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-33

  Mitchell, Lynne ^a   Burton, Elizabeth ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Neighbourhoods for life; Older people; Outdoor environments; Quality of life; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548757069     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200600005     Document Type: Article

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