This special cafe is run by elderly 'baristas'

Senior citizens with cognitive disorder enjoy coffee at Hetong Cognitive Rehabilitation Center in North China's Tianjin. — Xinhua

It seems another normal day for 73-year-old Wang. After making coffee at a cafe like a barista, she goes to a grocery store to buy daily necessities and then waits at a bus stop, ready to return home.

Wang has a serious cognitive impairment. She has forgotten the names of her children, constantly loses track of time, and does not know that the people she encounters – from cafe customers to shop assistants – are her fellow residents at a Chinese rehabilitation facility.