The garden-use model - An environmental tool for increasing the use of outdoor space by residents with dementia in long-term care facilities

Journal of Housing for the Elderly

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 89-115

  Grant, Charlotte F ^a   Wineman, Jean D ^b  

^a MAKING PLANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Environment; Garden; Long term care; Outdoor space

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049161964     PISSN: 02763893     EISSN: 1540353X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J081v21n01_06     Document Type: Article

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