A novel program places medical students in nursing homes for a few weeks, to experience elderly life firsthand. Their glasses are smeared with vaseline and ears plugged with cotton wool to simulate being old.
"friendships ... in a nursing home, where there is nothing to do but talk, are forged quickly and deeply"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/health/24nursing.html?em
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