PHOENIX: A new project carried out by Plymouth University, the first of its kind, is to consider the impact of dementia on farming businesses and rural communities.
“Farming, Dementia and Networks of Care” is the first project of its kind to focus specifically on farming communities and dementia, and its results will be useful for farming communities, healthcare and service providers, and academics researching the condition.
The project, which will begin as a pilot in Devon, will investigate how farmers, their families and carers cope when they are affected by dementia. There are three main objectives – to consider the impact of dementia on farming businesses; to evaluate how dementia affects farming families and communities, and; to consider how voluntary and state agencies can support farming families with dementia…