The impact of care farms on quality of life, depression and anxiety among different population groups: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: Care farming (also called social farming) is the therapeutic use of agricultural and farming practices. Service users and communities supported through care farming include people with learning disabilities, mental and physical health problems, substance misuse, adult offenders, disaffected youth, socially isolated older people and the long term unemployed. Care farming is growing in popularity, especially around Europe. This review aimed to understand the impact of care farming on quality of life, depression and anxiety, on a range of service user groups. It also aimed to explore and explain the way in which care farming might work for different groups. By reviewing interview studies we found that people valued, among other things, being in contact with each other, and feeling a sense of

SUBMITTER: Murray J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8534033 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature