Services
Farm Therapy
The farm is not a backdrop for care. It is the care. Animals, soil, seasons, and outdoor work are what make this different from anywhere else.
Nature-based care has solid evidence behind it. What Family & Care International did was stop treating it as a programme and build a whole place around it instead.
Walking the alpacas, resident and caregiver together
Animal-assisted therapy in action at the Family & Care CareFarm
Working farmland
Sustainable agriculture is at the heart of the CareFarm concept
Therapeutic Approaches
Six Forms of Farm Therapy
Animal-Assisted Activities
Spending time with alpacas, goats, chickens, horses and donkeys does something that medication cannot always do. Blood pressure drops. People who have been withdrawn for months will reach out to touch an animal.
Horticultural Therapy
Planting something and watching it grow gives people a reason to check on it tomorrow. Soil contact, movement, and the straightforward satisfaction of producing food are things no pill replicates.
Green Care & Nature Exposure
Sunlight, fresh air, birdsong, the feel of seasons changing. These are basic human needs. Most care facilities make them optional. Here they are the default.
Culinary Participation
The smell of food cooking reaches people in ways that conversation sometimes cannot. Preparing meals together is something most older Nigerians have done their whole lives. That familiarity matters.
Farm Work & Occupation
Collecting eggs. Feeding animals. Watering the garden. Simple tasks, but they give the day a shape and give the person a role. Feeling useful is not a luxury for older people. It is essential.
Music & Cultural Activities
Music, storytelling, prayer, celebration. Nigerian cultural life does not stop at a certain age. It is woven into the week, not treated as entertainment or filler.
See farm therapy in action.
Learn about a typical day on the farm or apply for residency.