Sammendrag på engelsk (abstract):
People with dementia have different needs, and it is important to have variation in the services that
are offered for this population. Farm-based day care aims to meet this diversity in need, but research
on such services is lacking. The present study provides knowledge about how people with dementia
experience attending farm-based day care services in Norway. Ten semi-structured interviews were
conducted for five different services, while the participants were at the farm. The interviews were
analysed in accordance with the content analysis of Graneheim, U., & Lundman, B. (2004) [Nurse
Education Today, 24(2), 105-112] and revealed three main categories that included (1) social relations,
(2) being occupied at the farm, and (3) individually tailored service. The findings were summarised in
the overall theme that attending day care at a farm makes me feel like a real participant. Our findings
indicate that the farm-based day cares in the present study provide person-centred care. The farm
setting facilitates services that are tailored to the individual, where the participants get to use their
remaining resources and spend time outdoors. Further, farm-based day care was described as being
suitable for people with or without farm experience and must be seen as an important supplement to
regular day care for those who could benefit from a more active service.
Tanja Ibsen, Siren Eriksen
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Dementia, 2020
