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How to solve the challenges in elderly care in Sweden

How to solve the challenges in elderly care in Sweden

3 hours ago

More people working more and more people extending their working lives, along with continued skills development through further education, are some of the keys to meeting the need as the number of older people in Sweden increases in the coming years, according to the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKR).

Welfare is increasingly borne by those born abroad

Welfare is increasingly borne by those born abroad

Sun 7 Dec 2025 18:33 CET

Immigrant labor is bearing an increasing share of welfare, especially elderly care. The number of municipal and regional employees who were born abroad has increased sharply in the past ten years, shows a report by the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKR)