Nursing project offers aid across the ages
A nursing home in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, is renting vacant rooms to young white-collar workers at a negligible price in exchange for voluntary assistance. The program not only saves the young people money, but ensures that older residents enjoy regular company.
Young residents at the Sunshine Nursing Home in the city's Binjiang district pay just 300 yuan ($45) a month, the property management fee for a 33-square-meter twin room they share with a peer.
In return, they are obliged to spend at least 20 hours a month entertaining the seniors and enriching their lives by providing services such as tuition in calligraphy and technical skills or just chatting with them, according to Wang Kai, director of the nursing home's social work department.
