Wageningen University and Research Centre, PO Box 16, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands.
Health Place. 2010 May;16(3):423-30. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.10.016. Epub 2009 Nov 10.
Empowerment-oriented and strengths-based practices focusing on community integration have gained recognition for various client groups in recent decades. This paper discusses whether care farms in the Netherlands are relevant examples of such practices. We identify characteristics associated with care farms that are relevant for three different client groups: clients with severe mental health problems, clients from youth care backgrounds, and frail elderly clients. We interviewed 41 clients, 33 care farmers, and 27 health professionals. The study shows that care farms are experienced as unique services because of a combination of different types of characteristic qualities: the personal and involved attitude of the farmer, a safe community, useful and diverse activities, and a green environment. This leads to an informal context that is close to normal life. We found no essential differences in the assessment of characteristics between different client groups and between clients, farmers, and health professionals. Care farms can be considered as an innovative example of community-based services that can improve the quality of life of clients.
近几十年来，以社区融合为重点、赋权和优势为导向的实践在各种客户群体中得到了认可。本文讨论了荷兰的关爱农场是否是此类实践的相关范例。我们确定了与三个不同客户群体相关的关爱农场的特征：有严重精神健康问题的客户、青年照护背景的客户和体弱的老年客户。我们采访了 41 名客户、33 名关爱农场主和 27 名健康专业人员。研究表明，关爱农场因其不同类型的特征品质的结合而被体验为独特的服务：农场主的个人和投入的态度、安全的社区、有用和多样化的活动以及绿色的环境。这导致了一种接近正常生活的非正式环境。我们在不同客户群体之间以及在客户、农场主和健康专业人员之间对特征的评估中没有发现本质上的差异。关爱农场可以被视为一种基于社区的创新服务范例，可以提高客户的生活质量。
