Guiding design of dementia friendly environments in residential care settings: Considering the living experiences

Dementia

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-203

  Davis, Sandra ^a   Byers, Suzanne ^b   Nay, Rhonda ^c   Koch, Susan ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia care; Long term care; Person centred; Physical environment; Social environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449147402     PISSN: 14713012     EISSN: 17412684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1471301209103250     Document Type: Article

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