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The Housemates: Everything One Student learnt about Love, Care and Dementia from Living in a Nursing Home

By Teun Toebes, Laura Vroomen (Translator)
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By Teun Toebes, Laura Vroomen (Translator)
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The international bestseller - an uplifting story of cross-generational living and friendship.

Twenty-one-year-old nursing student Teun Toebes (both broke and curious) 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. The experience was to change his life, as well as the lives of his new friends.

He initiated Friday drinks, trips out and camping evenings, and reintroduced pleasure in the small things in life...

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