A nursing home in Japan is “hiring” babies for an important mission: to keep elderly residents company and make them smile, and “payment” will be made with diapers and powdered milk, reports AFP.

New “workers” at a nursing home in Kitakyushu, a city in southwestern Japan, must be under the age of four and their parents or guardians must sign a contract stipulating that children can come to work “whenever they want.” this.” “.

They will be allowed to take a break “when they are hungry, when they are sleepy or when they want,” the contract says.

So far, more than 30 babies have signed up to cheer up more than 100 residents, most of whom are in their 80s, according to shelter director Kimi Gondo.

“Just looking at the babies makes our residents smile,” Kimi Gondo told AFP, adding that “there’s no list or anything.

Payment will be made with diapers and powdered milk

On the wall of the shelter is pasted an advertisement for employment in capital letters “We are hiring!” and informs candidates that they will be paying for their services in diapers and formula.

The contract also states that the main – and probably the only – duty of the selected candidates will be to “walk” around the nursing home together with their parents or guardians.

“Babies stay with their mothers all the time. It’s like taking them for a walk in the park,” Gondo said.

Residents of the shelter are delighted with the new “employees”

The residents seem delighted with the new recruits and greet them, strike up conversations or hug them.

“They’re cute. It reminds me of when I was a parent,” one shelter resident told a local TV station.

So far, according to Kimi Gondo, the project has produced excellent results.

“Some of the children get along so well with our residents that they are now like real grandparents and grandchildren,” Gondo said.

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