{"id":10369,"date":"2022-09-04T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T07:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=10369"},"modified":"2022-09-05T12:43:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T07:13:47","slug":"japan-nursing-home-hires-babies","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/japan-nursing-home-hires-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan nursing home hires babies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>Pays them in milk and diapers<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-09-04T12:38:00+05:30\">4th September 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>A nursing home in southern Japan is &#8220;hiring&#8221; babies for a vital task: keeping its\u00a0<strong>elderly residents company and making them smile.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Babies must be under four years old, and their guardians must sign a contract stating that the babies and toddlers may come to work &#8220;whenever they feel like it&#8221; and that they may take a break &#8220;when they feel hungry, sleepy, or depending on their mood.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Babies&#8217; main, and perhaps only, responsibility will be to &#8220;take a stroll&#8221; around the nursing home while accompanied by their guardians, it says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>Ichoan Nursing Home is located in Kitakyushu, a city that is aging and shrinking like the rest of Japan. As families have shrunk and older people have become more isolated, the nursing home&#8217;s baby worker program has enabled people to connect across generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\"\n>According to studies, social interaction helps older people feel less lonely, delay mental decline, lower blood pressure, and reduce their risk of disease and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/news\/trends\/were-hiring-japan-nursing-home-hires-babies-pays-them-in-milk-and-diapers-9118671.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Money Control<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pays them in milk and diapers A nursing home in southern Japan is &#8220;hiring&#8221; babies&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","portfolio-category":[428,426,448],"class_list":["post-10369","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-428","portfolio-category-newsfeed","portfolio-category-september-2022"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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