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Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.30,0:01:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Music]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.40,0:01:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Soft piano music]
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.67,0:01:33.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Like most of us,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.50,0:01:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I’m afraid of getting old
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.47,0:01:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of the loneliness
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.73,0:01:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that seems to come with old age.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.17,0:01:47.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But maybe things don’t have to be that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.03,0:01:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jordi is a young artist.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.10,0:01:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Hello. Come in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.13,0:01:57.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>And he lives in a unique old folk’s home
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.33,0:01:58.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Netherlands.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.63,0:02:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He paints and creates craft projects,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.63,0:02:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like this table he made from a piano crate.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.77,0:02:07.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you do that a lot with the residents;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.43,0:02:08.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you make crafts and things.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.43,0:02:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Yeah. I try to do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.27,0:02:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>And is that a picture of your family?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.03,0:02:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you show me?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.30,0:02:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>My grandfather and my grandma
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.70,0:02:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was younger.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.67,0:02:19.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>It’s adorable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.40,0:02:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Yeah. I love them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.03,0:02:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love them a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.33,0:02:25.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Is it . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.10,0:02:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is the relationship with your grandparents
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.93,0:02:29.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that helps you be so good with the elderly here?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.80,0:02:32.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>I think also because they . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.30,0:02:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they teach me so much good things,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.47,0:02:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to go around to people that uh . . .
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.73,0:02:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah. Nah. Everything.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.03,0:02:46.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Not long ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.07,0:02:49.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Dutch senior citizens who live at Humanitas
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.30,0:02:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invited Jordi and five other students
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.30,0:02:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to move in rent-free.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.30,0:02:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The students all told me that living here
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.97,0:02:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is nothing like you’d expect.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.07,0:03:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>One of Jordi’s favorite ways
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.63,0:03:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to spend time with his neighbors
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.57,0:03:30.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is by taking them around the town of DeVanter
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.23,0:03:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a specialized tandem bicycle.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.13,0:03:35.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s just one of the ways that Humanitas
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.33,0:03:37.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tries to make life in its community
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.53,0:03:38.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little more fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.90,0:04:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>It was CEO’s Gea Sijpkes idea
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.10,0:04:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to offer these students rooms at Humanitas.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.30,0:04:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all she asked in return
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.73,0:04:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that the students spend
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.03,0:04:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least 30 hours a month
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.57,0:04:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acting neighborly to the senior residents.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.77,0:04:24.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jurrien Mentink says that Humanitas’ offer
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.87,0:04:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,couldn’t have come at a better time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.23,0:04:28.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many Dutch students
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.23,0:04:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in and around Amsterdam today
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.43,0:04:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can’t find a room to rent at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.33,0:04:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Now I have to cook dinner.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.57,0:04:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Yes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.97,0:04:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Jurrien is 22 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.50,0:04:56.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his neighbors, like Joke Van Beek,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.63,0:04:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are in their 80’s and 90’s.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.33,0:05:02.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite the age gap,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.67,0:05:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jurrien and Joke’s friendship is a dynamic
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.27,0:05:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that often seems like it’s between two teenagers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.20,0:06:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Friendships like this one
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.00,0:06:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are exactly what Humanitas is trying to nurture.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.33,0:06:17.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How Jurrien spends his 30 hours a month
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.00,0:06:20.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of service is up to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.97,0:06:25.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His official title isn’t staff or volunteer.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.23,0:06:26.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s good neighbor.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.13,0:06:39.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>At Humanitas,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.43,0:06:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good neighbor somehow means being part local,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.63,0:06:44.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part friend,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.03,0:06:45.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part grandchild,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.27,0:06:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part social worker,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.80,0:06:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part healthcare provider,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.07,0:06:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some days it means teaching
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.50,0:06:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an 84-year-old woman to play beer pong.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.10,0:07:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Rock music]
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.33,0:08:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>I noticed early on that the students here
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.87,0:08:52.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often talk with a sort of calm beyond their years.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.87,0:08:56.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They don’t often seem much of a hurry.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.37,0:08:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jurrien says that is one of the most
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.30,0:09:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,important life lessons
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.10,0:09:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the students have learned
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.07,0:09:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from their elderly neighbors.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.33,0:09:33.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The students all talk about Mrs. Hofsteede
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.07,0:09:35.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a role model
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.20,0:09:41.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for living a full and happy life in later years.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.67,0:09:43.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She moved in a few years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.47,0:09:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She lives on the seventh floor
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.27,0:09:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a spacious room overlooking the park,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.13,0:09:59.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she says she feel younger
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.00,0:10:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than her 88 years.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.63,0:10:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Hello.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.57,0:10:16.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>At lunch time, the most social time,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.73,0:10:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every day at Humanitas,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.70,0:10:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mrs. Hofsteede always sits at the same table.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.50,0:10:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, the Humanitas dining room
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.57,0:10:27.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a lot like a high school cafeteria.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.60,0:10:30.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mrs. Hofsteede is quite popular,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.50,0:10:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so she always sits
Dialogue: 0,0:10:32.03,0:10:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the other popular girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.60,0:10:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like her best friend Antonia,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.57,0:10:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose nickname is “the trash compacter.”
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.67,0:10:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Appetite.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.63,0:10:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Yeah?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.37,0:10:43.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>I like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.90,0:11:19.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>And like high school,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.57,0:11:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lunchtime is when the rumor mill
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.53,0:11:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,really starts to turn.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.17,0:11:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Outside of the time they volunteer,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.27,0:11:27.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the students are free to live
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.73,0:11:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without any special restrictions,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.73,0:11:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going out or bringing people home
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.87,0:11:34.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just as they like.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.47,0:12:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>And there’s a lot more flirting
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.27,0:12:17.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that goes on than I expected to find
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.27,0:12:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in an old folk’s home.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.97,0:12:54.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>The students all like
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.10,0:12:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,teaching their senior neighbors a lesson
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.27,0:12:58.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from time to time.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.80,0:13:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything Mrs. Middelburg knows
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.23,0:13:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the internet she learned from Jurrien.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:28.10,0:13:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>But Jurrien says that none of this feels
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.40,0:13:33.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like some community service.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.37,0:13:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He and Mrs. Middelburg just like hanging out.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.00,0:14:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>And how do Jurrien's own family
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.17,0:14:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feel about him living here at Humanitas?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.33,0:14:20.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His parents have been as surprised
Dialogue: 0,0:14:20.47,0:14:23.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as he has been to find that Jurrien
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.03,0:14:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seems very happy here indeed.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.63,0:14:47.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>There is, of course,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.67,0:14:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the unavoidable loneliness
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.50,0:14:53.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that accompanies dementia.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.13,0:14:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The dementia ward is equipped
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.80,0:14:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with everything you could expect.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.60,0:14:59.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it has little of the warmth
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.33,0:15:03.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the rest of the residents.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.43,0:15:06.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jordi feels an added responsibility
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.20,0:15:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help those suffering dementia.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.83,0:15:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Lucius is this man’s stage name,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.10,0:15:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I was never given another one,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.63,0:15:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I never got the chance to ask.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.67,0:15:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We didn’t get to talk for very long.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:57.47,0:16:00.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lucius lost the ability to talk much
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.30,0:16:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the here and now.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.73,0:16:14.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>I saw in Lucius immediately
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.13,0:16:16.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kind of kindred spirit,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.77,0:16:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was like a glimpse of a possible future self
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.20,0:16:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,set adrift in my own fading memories.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.13,0:16:27.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Having exchanged barely a word with him,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.97,0:16:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,meeting Lucius affected me a great deal.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.67,0:16:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hardest thing about living here,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.13,0:16:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,old or young,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.33,0:16:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is how often death comes to call.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.87,0:16:52.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of the seniors are still racked
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.13,0:16:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with intense longing for lost loved ones.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:13.83,0:17:16.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,While many others, like Mrs. Middelburg,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:16.43,0:17:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem almost unfazed by the realities of death.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.97,0:17:38.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few of the students had never seen death
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.53,0:17:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up close before living here.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.53,0:17:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For them, facing death has been the hardest
Dialogue: 0,0:17:44.30,0:17:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe most valuable lesson
Dialogue: 0,0:17:46.33,0:17:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Humanitas has taught them.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:33.17,0:18:34.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jurrien is about to graduate
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.00,0:18:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a degree in urban planning,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.70,0:18:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he is now considering devoting his career
Dialogue: 0,0:18:41.40,0:18:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to old age care instead.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:53.37,0:18:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No matter which direction
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.77,0:18:56.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he chooses from here,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:56.57,0:18:58.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jurrien won’t forget the importance
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.37,0:18:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being a good neighbor,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:59.97,0:19:03.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like he has been to Joke Van Beek.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.93,0:19:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That day he told me
Dialogue: 0,0:19:05.27,0:19:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he had started to see the signs
Dialogue: 0,0:19:07.37,0:19:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Joke slipping away,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:09.80,0:19:12.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then only a few weeks later,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.47,0:19:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joke passed on.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.63,0:19:16.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know that Jurrien has missed her
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.00,0:19:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since she’s been gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.47,0:19:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took me a litttle while to grab hold
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.80,0:19:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what makes this place different
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.00,0:19:32.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than anywhere else I’ve been.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:32.33,0:19:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Humanitas hasn’t somehow
Dialogue: 0,0:19:34.57,0:19:38.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cut out the hard realities of aging.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:38.30,0:19:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It’s just that it lets so much more than that
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.73,0:19:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through its front door.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.00,0:19:47.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I went to say goodbye
Dialogue: 0,0:19:47.23,0:19:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the last day of my visit,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.93,0:19:51.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I passed by the weekly wheelchair dance recital.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:52.00,0:19:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Clapping and music]
Dialogue: 0,0:19:55.90,0:19:57.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the other moment
Dialogue: 0,0:19:57.20,0:19:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that really stayed with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:59.17,0:20:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Upbeat Dutch music]
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.20,0:20:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, I could see myself
Dialogue: 0,0:20:05.73,0:20:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reflected back years on from now,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:09.50,0:20:11.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for that moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:11.33,0:20:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really didn’t mind the idea of getting old.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:14.40,0:20:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Upbeat Dutch music]