Martine, retired, is 72 years old, Benjamin, a student, is 21. Unrelated, they are 51 years apart and live under the same roof. Roommates happy with this new life to whom the magazine “1:15 p.m. on Saturday” (Twitter, #1:15 p.m.) went to visit.
At a time of scandal shaking the world of nursing homes, the question of “aging well” returns at the heart of the news. And thecolocation between seniors and young people appears to be a strong bet. It is in any case one of the possible alternatives to retirement homes…
One way to fight loneliness
Intergenerational shared accommodation is one of the means of combating the loneliness that affects a large number of elderly people. So Martine decided to open her large pavilion in the Paris suburbs to Benjamin, who was looking for accommodation.
This document, signed Florence Helleux, Frédéric Poussin, Jean-Baptiste Jacquet and Smaïn-Morgan Belhadj-Tahar, highlights this happy cohabitation: they share their evening meals, do the shopping together and are there for each other. Martine and Benjamin today call themselves accomplices and even friends.
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