Large residential aged care facilities are not the solution to housing the fast-growing ageing population. Instead, providers should be looking at services that deliver on quality of life and services in the community, say Europe’s largest aged care peak body.

The Baby Boomers don’t want to end up in residential care – and with the cost to build new beds at a premium – aged care operators should be looking to new services and supports, according to Jiří Horecký, the President of the European Ageing Network (EAN).

Jiří, who heads the EAN, the umbrella body for over 10,000 aged care operat