Contact with outdoor greenery can support competence among people with dementia

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 229-248

  Rappe, Erja ^a   Topo, PaIvi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Competence; Dementia; Green environment; Plants; Stress; Visiting outdoors

Indexed keywords

EID: 36249017301     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J081v21n03_12     Document Type: Article

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