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An ageing population worldwide makes it increasingly important that health students understand issues that elderly people face and can provide empathic care to them.

This teaching department in an isolated rural setting developed an interprofessional learning session to assist health students to understand issues of functional loss and social isolation that can affect elderly people.

The Premature Ageing Unisex Leisure (PAUL) Suit^© was developed as part of a 1‐day learning session for undergraduate health students – including students of medicine, nursing and allied health – attending clinical placement in far‐west New South Wales. The suit was developed locally and can be adjusted to simulate a wide range of functional losses in the wearer. Students undertake a range of daily tasks in the community while wearing the suit in the company of a student ‘carer’. Over the past 4 …