title: Green Care Farms: An Innovative Type of Adult Day Service to Stimulate Social Participation of People With Dementia.
abstract: Objective:To explore the value of day services at green care farms (GCFs) in terms of social participation for people with dementia.Method:Semi-structured interviews were conducted with people with dementia who attended day services at a GCF (GCF group,n= 21), were on a waiting list (WL) for day services at a GCF (WL group,n= 12), or attended day services in a regular day care facility (RDCF group,n= 17) and with their family caregivers.Results:People with dementia in the GCF and WL group were primarily males, with an average age of 71 and 76 years, respectively, who almost all had a spousal caregiver. People with dementia in the RDCF group were mostly females with an average age of 85 years, most of whom had a non-spousal caregiver. For both the GCF and RDCF groups, it was indicated that day services made people with dementia feel part of society. The most important domains of social participation addressed by RDCFs were social interactions and recreational activities. GCFs additionally addressed the domains "paid employment" and "volunteer work."Conclusion:GCFs are valuable in terms of social participation for a particular group of people with dementia. Matching characteristics of adult day services (ADS) centers to the preferences and capacities of people with dementia is of importance. Diversity in ADS centers is therefore desirable.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Simone R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: de Bruin
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands; Wageningen University, Department of Social Sciences, Health & Society, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Annerieke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stoop
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands; Tranzo, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Claudia C M
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Molema
authors.affiliation: Wageningen University, Department of Social Sciences, Health & Society, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Lenneke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vaandrager
authors.affiliation: LEAS bureau voor zorgvernieuwing, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Peter J W M
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hop
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands; Tranzo, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Caroline A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Baan
keywords: adult day care; adult day services; civic engagement; dementia; green care farms; social participation