Today, on a global level, the health sector and social services
need alternatives to traditional medical treatment, therapy,
rehabilitation, and work training. Green Care is the use of
agricultural farms and the biotic and abiotic elements of nature
for health and therapy-promoting interventions as a base for
promoting human mental and physical health, as well as quality of
life. Animals, plants, crops, gardens, forests, and the landscape
are used in recreational or work-related activities for:
psychiatric patients, mentally disabled persons, people with
learning disabilities, depression and burnout problems, or drug and
alcohol addiction history, including youth and elderly people,
young offenders, prisoners, people affected by natural disasters,
and social service clients. Green Care practices may be also useful
for anyone who wants to maintain a health and quality life, and for
students in farm education. "Green Care" is a base for promoting
mental and physical health, through normal farming activity and is
a growing movement to provide health, social and educational
benefits through farming for a wide range of people, providing
services on a regular basis for participants who attend the farm or
the forest activities regularly as part of a structured care,
rehabilitation, therapeutic or educational program. Green Care is a
new multidisciplinary science. Besides science and practice, Green
Care is a Global Innovative Movement with healthcare, social,
economical, educational, and political dimensions. This book
presents up-to-data scientific knowledge in Green Care, its
definitions and theories, and findings to show the beneficial
effects of Green Care on human health and well being. Also, it
presents the social, political, economical, and educational aspects
of Green Care.
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