http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/04/04/brazil.elderly.day.care/index.html
In City of God shantytown, elderly regain lust for life
This is a story about how old people have a type of place they can basically go to hang out or live. It is like a nursing home, but it had way better conditions. People who go to nursing homes normally stay alive for two years, but the people that go to this place stayed for probably more than 20 years. The people from this town, had bad health, and didn't live very long, but when the founder, found the place they had it in their mind set to change it. The people can live their or just go there to hang out, and then go back to their family. The elderly said they feel like young kids again. They have people come in to do checkups, and they have activities and hot meals. The conditions are way better than a nursing home. That is why they live longer than nursing home patients. The old really enjoy it. One man there, said that he loves it, he likes to sing, and now he has a new interest to sing to ;)
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