Jan Hassink and Majken van Dijk (eds.
), Farming for Health, 109-126.
© 2006 Springer.
Printed in the Netherlands
CHAPTER 9
GREEN CARE IN NORWAY
Farms as a resource for the educational, health and social sector
LISBETH HAUGAN, RAGNHILD NYLAND, ELSA...
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Jan Hassink and Majken van Dijk (eds.
), Farming for Health, 109-126.
© 2006 Springer.
Printed in the Netherlands
CHAPTER 9
GREEN CARE IN NORWAY
Farms as a resource for the educational, health and social sector
LISBETH HAUGAN, RAGNHILD NYLAND, ELSA FJELDAVLI,
TORIL MEISTAD AND BJARNE O.
BRAASTAD
Corresponding author: Lisbeth Haugan, County Governor of Vestfold, Dept.
of
Agriculture, P.
O.
Box 2076, NO-3103 Tønsberg, Norway
Abstract.
In Norway, Green Care comprises farm-based services to schools as well as health and social
care.
Farms can be used to host a wide range of activities, such as kindergartens, after-school
programmes, school projects and theme assignments, education adapted to pupils with special needs,
activities and tasks designed for psychiatric patients, mentally impaired and elderly with dementia.
Green
Care farms can also assist child-welfare authorities, e.
g.
, by acting as day-care centres or foster homes.
Three case presentations of service farms are given
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