Care home design for people with dementia: What do people with dementia and their family carers value?

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 548-556

  Innes, Anthea ^a   Kelly, Fiona ^a   Dincarslan, Ozlem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care homes; dementia; physical environment; user and carer views

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; NURSING HOMES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 79959485356     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.556601     Document Type: Article

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