1. How easy is it to find accommodation for young people in your region/country?
2. Is there an age gap between young and old in your country?
3. Is there a shortage of senior-care provision where you live?
4. What attitudes towards ageing do people in your country have? What attitudes do people in the UK have, do you think?
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5. Would students/senior citizens in your country be happy to go along with the ideas mentioned in the article?
6. Do you see any possible problems coming from this arrangement?
7. Is this a great idea or a symbol of western society's failure to look after its old?
8. Would you like/have liked to spend your university years living in a retirement home?
9. Would you like to live in a home like this when you retire?
10. Should universities and the senior-care sector come together to replicate this project in other areas?
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Situation 1
Your teacher is a first-year student at Moscow University looking for affordable accommodation. You work in the student welfare dept. Persuade him of the benefits for this type of accommodation.
Situation 2
You are the care-home manager. Inform your teacher of the rules and regulations that he needs to obey as a student/carer.
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Discuss quotes
"I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older."
--- George Clooney
"The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm."
--- Aldous Huxley
"The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles."
--- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed."
--- Arthur Schopenhauer
Student Handout: Dutch Retirement
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