Inside a Dutch nursing home for drug addicts...

I also looked at what to me were articles that showed fragility, this one wasn't an elderly person who has an illness and is lonely. It is a Dutch nursing home for older people who are drug addicts, a powerful story which incredible imagery. Angela Shoemaker is the photojournalist who visited HVO De-Aak, a retirement home in the Netherlands designed to help the country's aging drug addicts.
This is a question from a Times inteview.

Q: Why did you choose this topic, and what was your goal?

A: After my previous project fell through, I started researching new story ideas and decided to work on a project related to Dutch drug policies. The Netherlands is known for having a more open approach to drug use, and I was looking for a unique story to tell that could only be told in the Netherlands. I started with several different aspects related to Dutch drug policy but ended up focusing the project entirely at the nursing home because it was so unexpected
This article shows a variety of older people who are all addicts trying to get over their drug use issues. Most of them have cancer or other serious illnesses. They are cared for in this home and it is one of the many in Netherlands. People think that they are really lenient on drug use but really they do care about helping people get over their addictions.