Housing and connection to nature for people with dementia: Findings from the INDEPENDENT project

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 55-72

  Gibson, Grant ^a   Chalfont, Garuth Eliot ^b   Clarke, Pamela D ^a   Torrington, Judith M ^b   Sixsmith, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Gardens; Home; Nature; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049100867     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J081v21n01_04     Document Type: Article

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