The role of the outdoors in residential environments for aging / Susan Rodiek, Benyamin Schwarz, editors.

New York ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, 2011.

xxiv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of housing for the elderly, volume 19, numbers 3/4 2005."

Originally published in 2005 by The Hayworth Press Inc.

Introduction : the outdoors as a multifaceted resource for older adults / Susan Rodiek, Benyamin Schwarz -- Nearby nature and long-term care facility residents : benefits and design recommendations / Anne R. Kearney, Daniel Winterbottom -- As great as all outdoors : a study of outdoor spaces as a neglected resource for nursing home residents / Lois J. Cutler, Rosalie A. Kane -- Outdoor environments at three nursing homes : focus group interviews with staff / Anna Bengtsson, Gunilla Carlsson -- The role of design in inhibiting or promoting use of common open space : the case of redwood gardens, Berkeley, CA . Galen Cranz, 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, 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 ... [et al.] -- Environmental support for outdoor activities and older people's quality of life / Takemi Sugiyama, Catharine Ward Thompson -- The effect of viewing a landscape on physiological health of elderly women / Joyce W. Tang, Robert D. Brown -- Restorative environments in later life : an approach to well-being from the perspective of environmental psychology / Massimiliano Scopelliti, 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, Patrik Grahn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.