Wayfinding for people with dementia: A review of the role of architectural design

Health Environments Research and Design Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 75-90

  Marquardt, Gesine ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Architecture; Dementia; Nursing home; Orientation; Wayfinding

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STANDARD; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79958848281     PISSN: 19375867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193758671100400207     Document Type: Review

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