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At her senior housing, Etsuko has cultivated meaningful friendships with fellow residents and actively participates in life-enhancing activities. Remarkably, she helps sell treats at a candy shop in the foyer, which not only provides her with a sense of purpose but also evokes memories of her past working at a bathhouse. This interweaving of current activity with personal history exemplifies the importance of memory and social interaction in promoting well-being among older adults. Such environments prioritize autonomy—the residents are free to move as they wish, a vital factor considering that approximately 90% of residents in these facilities have dementia.