Best practices: An Environment Behavior (E-B) model for Alzheimer special care units

Writing on design features in Alzheimer special care units (SCUs) Lawton1 laments that "despite two decades of activity, very few relevant findings are available from traditional research" on their therapeutic and quality of life effects. 2 3 Ohta and Ohta, Hyde and Cohen & Weisman4 have also commented on the lack of available data on the effects of SCU design on residents. Lawton suggests that the expert opinion survey methodemployed by