| Description |
xxiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction : the outdoors as a multifaceted resource for older adults / Susan Rodiek and Benyamin Schwarz -- Nearby nature and long-term care facility residents : benefits and design recommendations / Anne R. Kearney and Daniel Winterbottom -- As great as all outdoors : a study of outdoor spaces as a neglected resource for nursing home residents / Lois J. Cutler and Rosalie A. Kane -- Outdoor environments at three nursing homes : focus group interviews with staff / Anna Bengtsson and Gunilla Carlsson -- The role of design in inhibiting or promoting use of common open space : the case of Redwood Gardens, Berkeley, CA / Galen Cranz and Charlene Young -- Resident perceptions of physical environment features that influence outdoor usage at assisted living facilities / Susan Rodiek -- Accommodating culturally meaningful activities in outdoor settings for older adults / Susana Martins Alves, Gowri Betrabet Gulwadi and Uriel Cohen -- Presence and visibility of outdoor and indoor physical activity features and participation in physical activity among older adults in retirement communities / Anjali Joseph, Craig Zimring, Lauren Harris-Kojetin and Kristen Kiefer -- Environmental support for outdoor activities and older people's quality of life / Takemi Sugiyama and Catharine Ward Thompson -- The effect of viewing a landscape on physiological health of elderly women / Joyce W. Tang and Robert D. Brown -- Restorative environments in later life : an approach to well-being from the perspective of environmental psychology / Massimiliano Scopelliti and Maria Vittoria Giuliani -- Measures of restoration in geriatric care residences : the influence of nature on elderly people's power of concentration, blood pressure and pulse rate / Johan Ottosson and Patrik Grahn |
| Notes |
"The Role of the Outdoors in Residential Environments for Aging has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of Housing for the Elderly, Volume 19, Numbers 3/4 2005." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Older prople -- Dwellings -- Psychological aspects
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Older people -- Dwellings -- Psychological aspects.
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Landscape architecture for older people.
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Aging -- Environmental aspects.
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Environmental psychology.
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| Author |
Rodiek, Susan.
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Schwarz, Benyamin.
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| LC no. |
2005034366 |
| ISBN |
9780789032430 hardcover : cover alkaline paper |
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0789032430 hardcover : cover alkaline paper |
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9780789032447 soft cover alkaline paper |
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0789032449 soft cover alkaline paper |
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