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FREE-RENT FOR COMPANIONSHIP. AGE IS JUST A NUMBER

  • March 24, 2022
  • Marie Sophie Rinner
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WHAT IT IS?

Nearly half of Britons over the age of 65 say that television or pets are their main form of company. This is highly problematic as studies have linked loneliness to mental decline and increased mortality. They also have shown that regular social interactions improve overall health. On the other side, student accommodation has become increasingly expensive and hard to find. In a increasingly precarious economy, students are facing difficult life situations that negatively impact their education.

In several European cities, a new kind of accommodation scheme is undergoing early stages of experimentation: inter-generational housing. The idea is to connect students that would benefit from free accommodation in exchange for time spent with elderly people. Examples: ‘Homeshare’ in the UK, ‘Humanitas’ in Deventer, ‘Judson Manor’ in Cleveland.

WHY IT’S COOL?

By providing (1) affordable (or free) housing for young people and (2) companionship and support for elderly people who live on their own, two shortcomings of our society are tackled with one stone.

How can this be not Cool? Students can better focus on studying instead of living two lives with a full-time job just to pay the bills. Elderly people would not be isolated in their homes or forced to move into care homes.

WHY IT HAS FUTURE GROWTH POTENTIAL?

This is not just a replicable healthcare model but a whole new approach to community-building. How else can we go about deconstructing models of care that are based upon segregation, hierarchy, and — all too often — infantilization? It’s a model that could be replicated anywhere around the globe.

For further information about Homeshare please click here!

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  1. Elie Daccache March 24, 2022, 14:44

    How cool is this "Seed"?

    Does it have future growth potential?

    A small solution for the housing crisis, which also helps students wanting to move abroad. Very cool
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  2. Carl Rohde March 25, 2022, 08:30

    How cool is this "Seed"?

    Does it have future growth potential?

    Like this blog. It is using the our ‘online platform’ society for the better. And to mutual benefit of all involved. Underlying trend: Online Platform society for the Better. If you watch the world from this perspective, so many Cool good things become possible! Thanks to Marie Sophie Rinner!
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  3. Rahim Ennassiri March 30, 2022, 23:36

    How cool is this "Seed"?

    Does it have future growth potential?

    Cool post, and an awesome solution for student housing problem. Well documented, well done! https://www.humanitasdeventer.nl/ looked it up, glad you gave an example from the Netherlands! Often people forget to give some relevant examples. I wonder whether students are up to the task to take care of the elderly? What if this experiment fails? Meaning that some students neglect the elder, and misconduct? than no future growth potential anymore? Are there some systems in check to control the quality of service?
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