On 29 October 2024, ILPN’s Global Observatory of Long-Term Care (GOLTC) hosted an all-day event featuring experts from around the world to commemorate the International Day of Care and Support.

This session on Care homes of the future features:

• Mara Brouwers (Living Lab in Ageing and Long-Term Care and Maastricht University, the Netherlands): Innovative living arrangements for older persons
• Reena Devi (NICHE Leeds, University of Leeds, UK): Science and Care Partnerships – a Pathway to Co-produced and Impactful Care Home Research – Elisa Pozo Menéndez (Matia Instituto, Spain): Learning to design spaces for living and wellbeing in care homes. Results from 17 study cases from Asturias and Gipuzkoa in Spain
• Frode F. Jacobsen (Centre for Care Research, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences): Built environment of Norwegian care homes in an international perspective: some promising and non-so-promising trends
• Dimitra Xidous (TrinityHaus and Centre for Social Innovation, Trinity College Dublin): Rethinking the Design of Care Homes for Inclusion, Quality of Life, and Resilience