Dear Reader, dear Grannies,

Older people in particular are less constrained, live more impulsively and gain self-esteem, states the Austrian gerontologist and sociologist Franz Kolland in a research report. We can only confirm this – in the last 15 years several thousand women aged between 45 and 80 have travelled to over 50 countries and supported families and social projects there as Granny Aupairs.

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Dear Reader, dear Grannies,

Have you ever thought about using your life experience, your skills and your (native) language proficiency in a new environment? Granny Aupair offers you the opportunity to discover the world as a temporary grandma, to get to know new cultures and to support families all over the world with your skills - and has been doing so for 15 years!

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Dear Reader, dear Grannies,

The older you are, the less willing you are to change something? This is certainly not the case for most of the generation between 50 and 75. A third of this age group would like to try something completely new in old age or have already started a new venture (according to a Forsa survey commissioned by the German Koerber Foundation). And 44 per cent are comfortable with the idea of starting something new.

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