Involving persons with dementia in the evaluation of outdoor environments

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-424

  Van Schaik, Paul ^a   Martyr, Anthony ^b   Blackman, Tim ^c   Robinson, John ^a  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECREATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 50149111634     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2007.0105     Document Type: Article

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