The house is located in a quiet street in L'Haÿ-les-Roses, a lively town in the south of Paris where the cries of children cross the hedgerows of hornbeams which separate the low buildings.
Its residents have called it "the house of roses", in homage to the small flower garden which overlooks the dining room bathed in light.
Here, five more or less elderly people, all suffering from cognitive disorders, have taken up residence since the end of February - three places remain to be filled.
Marie-Pierre, a 59-year-old professor of philosophy, is the youngest of them.
She gladly helps herself to the homemade quiche, cut up on the oval table where the auxiliaries, the occasional guests and the 60-year-old coordinator share their meal.
Victor, 78, a former psychiatrist with a piercing gaze and a firm handshake, two keys to his profession, helps his neighbor Salvatore, a former DGSE who has forgotten his state secrets, to plant his fork in the grated carrots.
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