Green Care Farms as Innovative Nursing Homes, Promoting Activities and Social Interaction for People With Dementia

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 40-46

  de Boer, Bram ^a   Hamers, Jan P H ^a   Zwakhalen, Sandra M G ^a   Tan, Frans E S ^a   Beerens, Hanneke C ^a   Verbeek, Hilde ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

activities; daily life; Dementia; green care farm; nursing home; social interaction

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREEN CARE FARM; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VERY ELDERLY; HUMAN RELATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FARMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 85008255765     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.10.013     Document Type: Article

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