Across the rich world around half of covid-19 deaths have been in care homes. Countries need to radically rethink how they care for their elderly—and some innovative solutions are on offer.<br /><br />Find The Economist’s most recent coverage of covid-19 here: https://econ.st/3m212Kj <br /><br />Read our special report on the challenges of caring for an ageing population: https://econ.st/2UW40EB <br /><br />Why we need to urgently reform our elderly care systems: https://econ.st/2JbtPOc <br /><br />Read about the ethical challenges of caring for people with dementia: https://econ.st/2UYdeA8 <br /><br />How Japan keeps its elderly out of hospital: https://econ.st/3l0YPOf <br /><br />Read about one care home experiment, which invites the young to live alongside the elderly: https://econ.st/362khhP <br /><br />How the family unit has shaped people’s experience of covid-19: https://econ.st/364BzuN <br /><br />Why not all care-home residents welcome the measures that are supposed to protect them: https://econ.st/3m08J4d
