{"id":8299,"date":"2025-06-30T10:14:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T14:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=8299"},"modified":"2025-06-30T10:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T14:24:10","slug":"green-care-farms-dementia-care-reimagined","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/resource\/green-care-farms-dementia-care-reimagined\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Care Farms : Dementia Care Reimagined"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8299\" class=\"elementor elementor-8299\" data-elementor-post-type=\"resource\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23a17fcc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"23a17fcc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae5d103 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ae5d103\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/thirdage.design\/s5e6-green-care-farms-dementia-care\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1427\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-091852.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8302\" alt=\"Third Age Design logo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-091852.png 1427w, https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-091852-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-091852-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-091852-768x95.png 768w, https:\/\/carefarmingnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-30-091852-240x30.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1427px) 100vw, 1427px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76e81e01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76e81e01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/thirdage.design\/s5e6-green-care-farms-dementia-care\/\">Episode S5E06<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>June 4, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>What happens when dementia care meets life on the farm? In this episode of Third Age Design, Lori Pinkerton-Rolet talks with Rebekah Churchyard, founder of Green Care Farms \u2013 Canada\u2019s first dementia day program on a working farm. Discover how alpacas, goats, gardening, and the great outdoors bring joy, connection, and a renewed sense of purpose to participants. Rooted in biophilic design and inspired by personal experience, this innovative model is changing lives.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Guest: Rebekah Churchyard, CEO of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carefarmscanada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Green Care Farms<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Green Care Farms in the Netherlands \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.age-platform.eu\/care-farms-provide-nursing-home-care-in-the-netherlands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Age Platform Europe<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Green Care Farms as Innovative Nursing Homes, Promoting Activities and Social Interaction for People With Dementia \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/28012503\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Library of Medicine<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>End-of-life care for people with dementia on a green care farm during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s12877-022-03584-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BMC Geriatrics<\/a><\/li>\n\n<li>Innovation Spotlight: Coming soon to the Third Age Design website-The Wellness Interior Design Audit (WIDA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thirdage.design\/s5e6-transcript-green-acre-farms\/\">Read (and translate) the transcript<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a3aefcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a3aefcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About Rebekah Churchyard<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a347708 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a347708\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rebekah Churchyard, BA, BSW, MSW, RSW, PMP is a Social Worker, Project Manager and Psychotherapist. As a tribute to her grandparents, Rebekah founded Green Care Farms Inc. in 2021 (located in Halton Hills\/Milton, Ontario). Her work as CEO of Green Care Farms delivers the first ever nature-based program in Canada for people with dementia on an operational farm. She is committed to changing the landscape of care in Canada by supporting other Canadians to open more care farms. Rebekah also currently works in a direct service role in specialized geriatrics healthcare. Prior to this, while living in Toronto, Rebekah gained extensive volunteer experience in charitable board governance and municipal policy. She served as acting President and Vice-President with the Toronto Council on Aging Board of Directors and as an Accountability Table member with the City of Toronto\u2019s Seniors Strategy. In 2024 Rebekah was nominated and won both the Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Woman of the Year award in the Entrepreneur Under 40 category as well as the Ontario Association of Social Worker\u2019s \u201cInspirational Leader of the Year\u201d award. 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