Abstract Background and Objectives The physical environment in long-term care facilities
has an important role in the care of residents with dementia. This paper presents a literature …

OBJECTIVE: In this review the impact of the design of the built environment on people with
dementia in long-term care settings is systematically analyzed and summarized. Architects …

When caring for people with severe Alzheimer's disease (AD), the concept of the person
being central is increasingly advocated in clinical practice and academia as an approach to …

Background: Because the pattern of illnesses changes in an aging population and many
people manage to live well with chronic diseases, a group of health care professionals …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a complex progressive brain degenerative disorder that has
effects on multiple cerebral systems. In addition to cognitive and functional decline, diverse …

Over the past four decades the environmental context of aging has come to play an
important role in gerontological theory, research, and practice. Environmental gerontology …

Natural ecosystems provide important services upon which humans depend. Unfortunately,
some people tend to believe that these services are provided by nature for free; therefore …

Purpose: We systematically measured the associations between environmental design
features of nursing home special care units and the incidence of aggression, agitation …

Purpose: Building on the disablement process model and the concept of person–
environment fit (pe fit), this review article examines 2 critical questions concerning the role of …

In the last decade there has been a notable increase in efforts to expand understandings of
dementia by incorporating the body and theorizing its interrelationship with the larger social …