title: Evaluating the effect of therapeutic gardens.
abstract: Sometimes the visitors to therapeutic gardens do not necessarily experience the garden the way the designers intended. A postoccupancy evaluation (POE) can reveal discrepancies between the designer's intentions and use of the environment by the actual visitors. A POE is a user-oriented assessment that elicits the opinions of the visitors to a building, facility, or environment. This paper describes a POE of therapeutic gardens at a multilevel care facility for the aged. The population included patients at various stages of Alzheimer's disease progression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Heath
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D004777:Environment; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*