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Retirement homes Retirement homes are very popular in Germany nowadays. Society is getting older, and generations don’t live in one house with children until they get old. The idea of retirement homes isn’t bad but what is very important in those homes is organization. A friend of mine attends a school for nursing of elderly people. His education is spitted in theoretical and practical part. A few days in the week he goes to the school and the rest of the week he works in a retirement home. The retirement home struggles with stuff shortage. Employees shun (avoid) work, they go to doctor to get a sick note. This cause bad ambience at work. 2 employees have to do a work for 4 persons. The workers who want to work in a proper way are often overload. The employees working with old people should be physically strong, be patient and a little bit empathetic. If the work conditions are good, the employees can be also happy in a retirement homes. If the rotation of workers is big, means often, that the things there don’t work.

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Retirement homes

Nowadays, in Germany, retirement homes are very popular. in Germany nowadays. 

Society is getting older, and generations don’t live in one house with children until they get old.

1. What do you mean by society is getting older? Are you referring to the people growing in age? Or are you trying to say that the societal norms are changing?

2. Who is "they" referring to in until they get old? Is it referring to "the generations" or to "the children"?

Option 1 - The societal norms have been changing, and generations no longer live under the same roof as their children age.

Option 2 - Aging is inevitable, and the younger generations no longer accommodate (house) their elderly.

The idea of retirement homes isn’t a bad one, but what is very important in those such homes is organization. (Reserve using "these" and "those" to refer to far and near objects)

 A friend of mine attends a school for nursing of elderly people. His education is spitted divided into theoretical theory and practical part practice. 

A few days in the week He only goes to the attends school on select weekdays and the rest of the week he works in a retirement home. 

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Retirement homes

Retirement homes are very popular in Germany nowadays. Society is getting older, and generations don’t live in the same house with their children until they get old. The idea of retirement homes isn’t bad but what is very important in for those homes is organization. A friend of mine attends a school for nursing of elderly people. His education is split into a theoretical and practical part. A few days in the week he goes to the school and the rest of the week he works in a retirement home. The retirement home struggles with staff shortages. Employees avoid work, and often they go to doctor to get a sick note. This causes a bad ambience at work. 2 employees have to do the work for 4 persons. The workers who want to work in a proper way are often overloaded. The employees working with old people should be physically strong, patient and a little sympathetic. If the work conditions are good, the employees can be also happy in a retirement home. If the rotation of workers is big, then often that means that things there won't work.

Very well written!

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The retirement home struggles with stuff  a shortage in staff. Furthermore, employees shun (avoid) work, as they go to the doctor to get a sick note. This cause results in a bad ambience at working environment, because 2 employees have to do a the work for of 4 persons. The workers who want to work in a proper way manner are often overloaded. (The past participle of a verb functions as an adjective) 

The employees, who working with old people, should be physically strong, be patient and a little bit empathetic. If the work conditions are good, the employees can be also potentially also be happy in a retirement homes. If the rotation of workers is big, it often means often, that the things there don’t work aren't functioning properly.


Sorry I had to break it off into two posts, let me know if you have any questions!

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