Twenty-one-year-old nursing student Teun Toebes decided to move into a nursing home and experience the daily life of elderly residents, not as a nurse or a carer - but as a housemate. He initiated Friday drinks, trips out and camping evenings, and reintroduced pleasure in the small things in life: a laugh, a dance, a cup of good coffee, a chance to sit in the sun. As he became embedded in the community, however, Teun became more and more distressingly aware of how society and the care system diminishes the elderly and particularly people living with dementia - and he resolved to do something about it.
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