If graduate students are going to study issues facing older adults, then the average 20- to 30-year-old has a lot to gain from living in a retirement center, says a Purdue University gerontology expert.
Two Purdue University students moved in July into Westminster Village, a retirement center north of campus, to spend the next year getting to know what health and social issues many 70- and 80-year-olds face.
"Many of the college students and scholars studying aging issues today find themselves decades apart from their subjects," says Gerry C. Hyner, professor of health and kinesiology and coordinator of the Purdue gerontology program. "While this living-learning arrangement exists in other universities' graduate programs, it is a rare opportunity for students because rooms in these facilities are at a premium, thanks to the growing older-adult population."
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