Designing dementia-friendly neighbourhoods: Helping people with dementia to get out and about

Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Mitchell, Lynne ^a   Burton, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design for dementia principles and recommendations; Independence; Neighbourhoods; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649931470     PISSN: 14769018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/jic.2010.0647     Document Type: Article

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