As Sweden now faces a challenge of a growing aging population, IKEA, a giant furniture company, initiated a novel sustainable housing project in collaboration with Swedish construction company Skanska. Specifically targeting those suffering dementia, a disease with memory loss, some modifications on housing are added to help save the governmental fund and facilitate patients to live comfortably at home. Along with Japan and the U.S., a quarter of the Swedish population will be 65 years by 2040. Due to a high life expectancy and a developed welfare system, a government financial burden is expected to exponentially increase. A joint venture of IKEA and Skanska, so-called BoKlok, is now on the progress of cooperating with local governments, having initiated a small pilot program by building six apartments outside Stockholm. The core initiative focuses on “large volumes, low prices.”
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