Med Students Move In with Seniors

A class at University of Minnesota Medical School matches med students with isolated seniors at local senior living apartments. The students get affordable housing, the seniors get someone with medical training keeping an eye on them. In an article on mndaily.com, med school professor, Ed Ratner, who piloted the program is quoted as saying:

Part of the idea is to change the general feeling of the apartment building by having some younger people the tenants can interact with so it can create a more useful and energetic environment for everybody.

Read the whole story at mndaily.com.

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