“Hiring” babies for a very important job – to keep its elderly residents company and make them smile. The salary? Nappies and milk formula.
Manila, Aug– TOKYO, Japan – A nursing home in southern Japan is “hiring” babies for a very important job – to keep its elderly residents company and make them smile. The salary? Nappies and milk formula.
They are allowed to take a break “when they feel hungry, sleepy or depending on their mood”, the contract says. “The mere sight of babies makes our residents smile,” she told AFP, adding with a chuckle that “there is no shift roster or anything”.” in large characters and informs would-be workers they will be compensated for their services in diapers and powdered milk.
“The babies stay with their mothers all the time. It’s just like they’re being taken for a walk in a park,” Gondo said.
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