This article presents an example of a green care farm as a specific type of small-scale, homelike care environment for people with dementia as an alternative to traditional nursing home care. Green care farms are a new initiative and originated outside the healthcare sector. They aim to enable clients to live independently and to participate in society for as long as possible. Green care farms combine agricultural activities with care services for a diverse range of client groups from the healthcare and welfare sectors, such people with psychiatric conditions, addiction, mental disabilities, children with autism, and older people with dementia. As opposed to regular health care institutions (e.g. residential and nursing homes), green care farms offer care activities in a homelike and small-scale setting. Green care farming is an upcoming phenomenon in Europe and Japan and mainly focuses on day care activities for people with dementia and other populations. - https://www.ipa-online.org/news-and-issues/green-care-farms-...

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Despite decades of effective implementation in Europe, the Green Care Farm (GCF) model of care has only recently arrived in the United States (US). - https://academic.oup.com/innovateage/article/1/suppl_1/1311/...

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Conclusion: Green care farms can be a valuable alternative to traditional nursing homes. They provide an attractive, homelike environment and activities that positively influence engagement and social interaction. Research is needed to study how successful elements of green care farms can be implemented in existing nursing homes. - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28012503/