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Grad Student Trades Piano Performances for Housing at Senior Facility–Melting the Age Divide and Making Friends (goodnewsnetwork.org) 

Beth Christensen studies piano at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory. Rather than lodge in dorms with other students, Beth lodges in a care home for elderly people as part of a partnership between the university and the home.

As a musician, Beth needs to practice every day so she does, but with an audience. The residents love to hear her play, and this has brought them close together. Sometimes Beth brings other musicians from her course to the home and they perform together.

Beth immerses herself in the lives of the residents, doing jigsaws with them or playing chair volleyball. She has also found a former teacher and they discuss education.

Beth says, “Music is such a connecting force. It bridges the divisions that exist between people. Having the opportunity to make connections with a community that’s several generations older than me has been so special. Those connections don’t make our differences go away, but it helps us really appreciate each other.”

-        How do you think Beth felt at first about living with people 50 years older than her?

-        What are the disadvantages? What are the advantages? 

-        What has Beth found out by living with elderly people?

-        Do you think this experience has helped her studies? How?

-        What is chair volleyball? How can you play volleyball if you are sitting down?

-        “Music is such a connecting force. It bridges the divisions that exist between people.” What does this mean?

-        “Those connections don’t make our differences go away, but it helps us really appreciate each other.” Why don’t the differences go away? What does Beth mean by ‘appreciate each other’?

-        What can we learn from Beth and from this story?

-        Which British law is this about? (age is in the Equality act)

-        Why is this about No Outsiders?






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