Restorative dementia gardens: Exploring how design may ameliorate attention fatigue

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 73-88

  Moore, Keith Diaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Dementia; Design; Directed attention; Fatigue; Healing gardens

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049129393     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J081v21n01_05     Document Type: Article

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