This project aims to enhance the intrinsic capacities of elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment by promoting innovative activities based on the Montessori approach within the context of agricultural multifunctionality.

By selecting a rural environment with educational characteristics, we aim to involve individuals with mild cognitive deficits and their families in a personalized therapeutic journey. Through various activities, including horticulture, pet therapy, occupational therapies, sensory and food laboratories, we stimulate cognitive and motor skills, promoting a healthy and balanced lifestyle

Promoting innovative activities following the "Montessori" action in the context of the agricultural multifunctionality, in order to leverage the intrinsic capacity in older people with cognitive impairment.

• Identifying a rural environment with educational features.
• Identifying individuals with mild cognitive impairments and relations with their families.
• Outlining individual therapeutic goals for each participant through different activities:

horticulture, pet therapy, occupational therapies, sensory laboratories, functional food laboratories for a healthy and balanced diet suitable for the first symptoms of dementia, physical activity and continuous social activity between different generations.

• Horticulture, pet therapy, occupational therapy, sensory labs, physical activity, and social activities IN CONTINUITY between different generations.
• Spreading the results to a wide National and International audience.

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI);
• Mini Mental State Examination ≥ 24;
• ability and willingness to sign informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mini Mental State Examination < 24;
• severe visual impairment;
• inability to walk without help or assistance, Tinetti's scale <20