" Some residents will scoot back inside their rooms, because they think dementia is contagious. Or maybe it’s not, but you never know. Keeping out of the way can’t hurt in any case, is the basic attitude. And that goes not only for dementia. Cancer patients, homosexuals, Muslims: they’re all best avoided. "

― Hendrik Groen , Pogingen iets van het leven te maken: Het geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen, 83¼ jaar