The matter in summary: Midt-Telemark municipality offers five student dormitories at Bø hospital for NOK 4,000 a month, including hot water, internet, electricity, and two dinners a week. The municipality previously applied for money for the project “student in hospital” and received a grant of NOK 250 NOK 000. Previously, it was a requirement that the students should work voluntarily for 15 hours a month, but this requirement has now been removed after much criticism. Elderly residents of the nursing home are looking forward to the students moving in and believe it will bring a new, fresh breath. There are currently two years of applications for the five student places. Project manager Martin Ytreland believes that the experiences from the project can be followed up by the whole country. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. – If I had been a student and was going to study in Bø, I would have thought “hallois”. I think people need to come and see how nice this is, because they don’t understand. That’s what Martin Ytreland says, who is unit manager for home services and institutions in Midt-Telemark. We are shown around the ward at Bø sjukeheim. Five bright, pleasant rooms of 25 square meters are ready to move into. The rooms are unfurnished, somewhat institutional, and have their own bathroom. The toilet has armrests. – I don’t think any students feel bad about that, laughs Ytreland. Would have easily taken the offer 23-year-old Jan Henrik Myhrvold studies at USN in Porsgrunn. He lives in a student dormitory of 19 square metres, and pays NOK 6,200 a month. There is a smaller kitchen, and no large common rooms. 23-year-old Jan Henrik Myhrvold had accepted the offer to live at Bø nursing home. Photo: Lars Tore Endresen / news – It is a pretty good offer for the students considering the price and how it is for us to live. Imagine being able to socialize with the elderly that way. I know it’s easy to feel lonely as a student, he says. He has no doubt that he would have taken up the offer to live at Bø nursing home if he had studied in Bø. – I had definitely agreed to it. I often talk to my grandparents. They have a lot they have experienced and always something funny to say, so I used to hang out with the elderly in the nursing home, he laughs. Here, Martin Ytreland shows off the one bathroom in one of the rooms where the students will live. Photo: Lars Tore Endresen / news Skipping voluntary requirements In the spring, the municipality applied to the Statsforvaltaren in Vestfold and Telemark for money for the project “students in nursing homes”, and received a grant of NOK 250,000. Then the requirement for the students who were to live in the nursing home was that they should work voluntarily for 15 hours a month. The municipality has now moved away from this after much criticism. – There was some criticism of the voluntary part. Someone said that the municipality got cheap labour, but that was not our focus. The important thing for us is that the students can live here and meet the elderly, and the elderly meet the young. He says he understands that someone reacted that the municipality should “use” the young people to work for free. – That was not our idea. We wanted those who wanted to contribute voluntarily to be allowed to do so. Here, on 25 square metres, the students can furnish and make it cosy. Photo: Lars Tore Endresen / news Welcoming the young 80-year-old Odd Vevle lives in a care home at Bø nursing home. He is looking forward to the arrival of students, and says it will be a new breath of fresh air. Odd Vevle lives at the nursing home in Bø in a care home. He is looking forward to the students moving in. Photo: Lars Tore Endresen / news – Finally! I was a lecturer in botany and ecology at the college for 40 years, and had many students. It will be nice to have some new faces around the table here with us oldies, he grins. He is not afraid of the students partying and making too much noise. – A night’s sleep is important, but if there is a disturbance, the warden will come and take them, he laughs. Marianne Svartdal works in the kitchen at Bø nursing home. She ensures that both residents and students get a good and nutritious dinner. Photo: Lars Tore Endresen / news – We are paving the way for the whole of Norway Martin Ytreland in Midt-Telemark municipality is extremely passionate about the project they have started. There are currently two applicants for the five student places. He believes that the experiences they now have in the autumn can be followed by the whole country. – We are now paving the way for many municipalities. Now we get to test this, and our experiences can be used in other student counties and municipalities. We lead and try and fail, he says. Hi Thank you for reading. Do you have tips or input on this issue or other things we should write about? Feel free to send me an email! Published 18.08.2024, at 07.42
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