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A house cat lounges near residents of a care facility in Amsterdam, May 10, 2018. Dutch caregivers take an unorthodox, nurturing approach to dementia...

Anna Leeman-Koning is handed a therapeutic animatronic seal at a care facility in Amsterdam, May 10, 2018. The Dutch model of dementia care makes inno...

Rudi ten Brink drives a virtual bus at a care facility in Doetinchem, Netherlands, May 1, 2018. Dutch caregivers take an unorthodox, nurturing approac...

A patient listens to the sound of the ocean through a shell in the beach room at the Houttuinen care center in Haarlem, Netherlands, May 1, 2018. The...

Riet van Driel, 93, eats ice cream in the beach room in the Houttuinen care center at Haarlem, Netherlands, May 1, 2018. The Dutch model of dementia c...

Riet van Driel, 93, visits the beach room in the Houttuinen care center in Haarlem, Netherlands, May 1, 2018. The Dutch model of dementia care makes i...

The beach room in the Houttuinen care center in Haarlem, Netherlands, May 1, 2018. The Dutch model of dementia care makes innovative use of comforting...

Rudi ten Brink drives Annie Arendsen, left, and Truus Ooms in a virtual bus at a care facility in Doetinchem, Netherlands, May 1, 2018. Dutch caregive...

Jan Post, 98, and Harry Klein sit in a re-creation of an actual Amsterdam bar in a commons area at the Amstelring Leo Polak care center in Amsterdam,...

Willy Briggen, 89 and in an advanced stage of dementia, watches projected nature images with care worker Helga Mathijssen-Maas at a facility in Eindho...

An old-fashioned kitchen in an elderly facility in Eindhoven, Netherlands, April 30, 2018. Dutch caregivers take an unorthodox, nurturing approach to...

Willy Briggen, 89 and in an advanced stage of dementia, watches projected nature images with care worker Helga Mathijssen-Maas at a facility in Eindho...

Neeltje Hofman-Heij, 88, left, with her husband Arie Pieter Hofman, 87, at the Christian Beth-San special care home in Moerkapelle, Netherlands, April...

From left: Neeltje Hofman-Heij, 88, Katrien van der Wenden, 92, and Arie Pieter Hofman, 87, take an interactive virtual cycling tour at their care fac...

A patient walks past prints of the city's canals at the Amstelring Leo Polak care center in Amsterdam, April 24, 2018. Dutch caregivers take an unorth...

Catharina Post, 92, visits her husband Jan Post, 98, at a reproduction of a tram stop at the Amstelring Leo Polak care center in Amsterdam, April 24,...

Rudi ten Brink drives Annie Arendsen, left, and Truus Ooms in a virtual bus at a care facility in Doetinchem, Netherlands, April 20, 2018. Dutch careg...

Willy Briggen, 89 and in an advanced stage of dementia, is calmed by projected nature images on the ceiling of her room at a care facility in Eindhove...