A family model of care: Creating life enriching environments in nursing homes

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 18-29

  Voelkl, Judith E ^a,c   Battisto, Dina G ^b,c   Carson, Jennifer ^a,c   McGuire, Francis A ^a,c  

^a Recreation and Tourism Research ^*  (United States)

^b School of Architecture   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family Making; Family Model of Care; Nursing Homes

Indexed keywords

EID: 52449130304     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2004.9674363     Document Type: Article

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