{"id":7035,"date":"2025-02-03T12:52:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T17:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/?p=7035"},"modified":"2025-02-03T12:52:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T17:52:28","slug":"green-care-farms-spreads-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/green-care-farms-spreads-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Care Farms spreads roots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Waterloo alumni are expanding care for people living with dementia<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By University Relations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Waterloo Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nestled between apple and cherry tree orchards on a half-acre of rural land between Milton and Guelph, Ont., Green Care Farms is ready for planting. Incorporated in 2021, Rebekah Churchyard (BA \u201913, BSW \u201914) launched Canada\u2019s first care farm specifically for adults living with dementia, a disease that affects at least 750,000 Canadians today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It was about thyme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While common in Europe, few care farms exist in Canada. The model can serve young people with intellectual differences, those living with mental health concerns, mental illness, addictions, and folks who need a bit of support to build skills and an opportunity to belong to a productive community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou can have horticulture care therapy elements in a program, but to have a care farm, it needs to be operational. You need the blue skies and the open fields. It\u2019s part of the healing in the model,\u201d Churchyard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For people with dementia, working in the fields with ample support has been shown to reduce cognitive decline, stress and agitation, loneliness and physical pain while improving mood, self-esteem, energy and functional independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWith my clients, actions speak louder than words.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"322\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rebekah-Churchyard.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rebekah-Churchyard.jpg 322w, https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rebekah-Churchyard-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Rebekah-Churchyard-119x180.jpg 119w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Rebekah Churchyard<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwaterloo.ca\/news\/magazine\/green-care-farms-spreads-roots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read More Here<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waterloo alumni are expanding care for people living with dementia By University Relations Waterloo Magazine Nestled between apple and cherry tree orchards on a half-acre of rural land between Milton and Guelph, Ont., Green Care Farms is ready for planting. 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