THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN CARE IN WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
By Dorit Karla Haubenhofer, Dr.
Mag.
,1#
Marjolein Elings, ir.
,1
Jan Hassink, Dr.
ir.
,1
and
Rachel Elizabeth Hine, Bsc.
MEnv.
2
This article represents a review of green care across Western...
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREEN CARE IN WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
By Dorit Karla Haubenhofer, Dr.
Mag.
,1#
Marjolein Elings, ir.
,1
Jan Hassink, Dr.
ir.
,1
and
Rachel Elizabeth Hine, Bsc.
MEnv.
2
This article represents a review of green care across Western
European countries.
The following questions are addressed: What
is green care, and what are its basic goals? What are the most commonly known types of green care interventions, and how are they
connected to each other? There are different sectors of green care
intervention that vary from each other regarding their structure,
specific goals, and purpose.
These traits will be investigated in this
review.
And lastly, how these interventions are designed and their
approach to promote and provide health will be examined.
Key words: Care farming, animal-assisted interventions, social
and therapeutic horticulture, healing gardens, green exercise,
wilderness therapy
(Explore 2010; 6:106-111.
© Elsevier Inc.
2010)
INTRODUCTION
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