Care farms as a space of wellbeing for people with a learning disability in the United Kingdom

Rotheram, Suzanne ORCID: 0000-0002-4444-9796, McGarrol, Sarah ORCID: 0000-0002-2675-3882 and Watkins, Francine (2017) Care farms as a space of wellbeing for people with a learning disability in the United Kingdom. HEALTH & PLACE, 48. pp. 123-131.

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Abstract

People with a learning disability in the UK are increasingly choosing to spend their time on 'care farms' but there is limited research examining these spaces from their perspective. A qualitative research design was used to ask eighteen of these clients how care farms contributed to their health and wellbeing. For these participants care farms can be understood, using Fleuret and Atkinson's (2007) framework, as a 'space of wellbeing' and as a positive and life-enhancing space. Positive language was used by participants to describe the farms contrasting with ne gative language describing other spaces and activities. Farms were identified as contributing positively to mental and social wellbeing.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Care farming, Learning disability, Spaces of wellbeing, Qualitative
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2019 16:08
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 00:56
DOI:	10.1016/j.healthplace.2017.10.001
Open Access URL:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3034999