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Green Care: A Conceptual Framework - Frisk i naturen

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Contents<br />

PAGE CHAPTERS<br />

9 1 Our value base – green care matters because…<br />

11 2 Introduction<br />

11 2.1. This conceptual framework<br />

13 2.2. A short history of nature-based approaches for promoting<br />

health and well-being<br />

17 2.3. Disconnection and reconnection with nature<br />

21 2.4. Defining the construct of care<br />

27 3 Defining green care as a concept<br />

27 3.1. Broad divisions of green care<br />

28 3.2. Mapping the influence of nature: nature as care and nature<br />

as therapy<br />

30 3.3. The essentials of green care: ‘common’ and ‘natural’<br />

dimensions<br />

32 3.4. The therapist (or facilitator) in green care<br />

37 4 A brief overview of green care approaches<br />

37 4.1. <strong>Care</strong> farming<br />

38 4.2. Animals in green care<br />

40 4.3. Horticulture as therapy<br />

41 4.4. Facilitated green exercise as a therapeutic intervention<br />

42 4.5. Ecotherapy<br />

44 4.6. Wilderness therapy<br />

46 4.7. The language of green care<br />

53 5 <strong>Green</strong> care and its links with other interventions and approaches<br />

53 5.1. Occupational therapy and green care<br />

54 5.2. Therapeutic communities as green care communities<br />

59 5.3. The natural setting for green care

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