Table 4 Example of scheduled activities with and around animals
Time | Activity |
|---|---|
8:30–09:00 | Residents living with early-onset dementia feed the goats in their inside stable and letting them outside to join the deer in grazing. Then residents feed hay to the deer outside, clean the water buckets, and refill them. Residents check for eggs in the chicken coop and collect them, often taking them to their ward for breakfast. |
10:30–12:00 | People living with advanced dementia engage in a ‘Cuddle activity’. They first take a walk to the animals and have a drink there. Residents prepare fresh food for the animals (apples, carrots) and feed them. Some residents engage in ‘farm-like’ activities based on their interests and use the broom to clean the premise. |
13:30–15:00 | Residents with Korsakoff’s disease clean the inside pens for chicken and goats. Exchanging straw, hay and cleaning the floor with water. Carrying the dirty straw outside with a wheelbarrow (ca. 4 wheelbarrows). Cleaning the outside premise, sweeping the deer and goat manure, collecting the dirt in a wheelbarrow, and emptying the wheelbarrow in a container 85 m away from the stables. |
15:00–16:30 | Residents with Korsakoff’s disease care for plants outside the animal premise, or doing construction work (e.g. fences, building hotels for insects) |
16:30–17:00 | Residents living with early-onset dementia bring the goats to their inside stables and feeding them. Checking on all animals before nighttime. |