Alice Munro was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. To mark the honour, The New Yorker republished one of her classic short stories — one set mainly in a nursing home.

Read the full article about what this story is about here:
A story to promote empathy in dementia care

The actual link (if you need to cut and paste) is:

http://www.mcknights.com/a-story-to-promote-empathy-in-dementia-care/article/317215/

As the piece points out, sometimes having a student read a piece of fiction about an issue, in this case residential aged care, may open their eyes more than just reading another research article...