When a male resident at Kildegaarden nursing home in Denmark made an indecent sexual proposal to a member of the staff, the home's director, Inger Marie Kristensen, told a nurse to telephone for a prostitute.
"There was a considerable change in his demeanor after the escort girl had paid him a visit," Kristensen said in an interview. "We do this for our clients just as we offer them other services that they need as human beings."
Kildegaarden, located 160 kilometers west of Copenhagen in Skanderborg, has about 100 residents, including victims of Alzheimer's disease and strokes. Nurses arranged visits by call girls three times in the past three years.
Denmark's welfare minister Karen Jespersen has said that Denmark's 98 municipalities are free to let nurses call prostitutes.
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