Environmental Correlates to Behavioral Health Outcomes in Alzheimer's Special Care Units
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Environmental correlates to behavioral health outcomes in Alzheimer's special care units.
PURPOSE We systematically measured the associations between environmental design features of nursing home special care units and the incidence of aggression, agitation, social withdrawal, depression, and psychotic problems among persons living there who have Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. DESIGN AND METHODS We developed and tested a model of critical health-related environmental d...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Gerontologist
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0016-9013,1758-5341
DOI: 10.1093/geront/43.5.697