A specialized tour at the Berlin Zoo brings joy to people living with dementia
BERLIN (AP) — Christel Krueger peered through thick glass and murky water at the Berlin Zoo, staring in awe at a mother hippopotamus and her child sleeping on a sandbar. Krueger, 86, and her daughter were on a specialized zoo tour last month for people who live with dementia that was organized by Malteser Deutschland, part of the international Catholic aid organization Malteser Order of Malta. On the tour with Krueger, Ingrid Barkow watched from her wheelchair as the elephants roamed their a...
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