Editing Generation gap (section)

===Intergenerational living===
"Both social isolation and loneliness in older men and women are associated with increased mortality, according to a 2012 Report by the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America".<ref name="pbs.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/dutch-retirement-home-offers-rent-free-housing-students-one-condition|title=Dutch nursing home offers rent-free housing to students|date=5 April 2015|website=PBS NewsHour|access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> Intergenerational living is one method being used worldwide as a means of combating such feelings. A nursing home in [[Deventer]], The Netherlands, developed a program wherein students from a local university are provided small, rent-free apartments within the nursing home facility. In exchange, the students volunteer a minimum of 30 hours per month to spend time with the seniors. The students will watch sports with the seniors, celebrate birthdays, and simply keep them company during illnesses and times of distress.<ref name="pbs.org"/> Programs similar to the Netherlands' program were developed as far back as the mid-1990s in [[Barcelona, Spain]]. In Spain's program, students were placed in seniors' homes, with a similar goal of free or cheap housing in exchange for companionship for the elderly. That program quickly spread to 27 other cities throughout Spain, and similar programs can be found in [[Lyon, France]], and [[Cleveland, Ohio]].<ref>International Association of Homes and Services for the Ageing (IAHSA) (2013). "Intergenerational Living". [https://web.archive.org/web/20150407190841/http://iahsa.net/Intergenerational_Living.aspx]. Web. 12 April 2015.</ref>