Post-occupancy evaluation of therapeutic gardens in a multi-level care facility for the aged

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 21-43

  Heath, Yuko ^a   Gifford, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gardens for cognitively impaired; Nursing home environment; Post occupancy evaluation; Questionnaire survey; Therapeutic gardens

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937339645     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J016v25n02_02     Document Type: Article

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