宜家和瑞典女王正在为痴呆症患者设计房屋

宜家和瑞典女王正在为痴呆症患者设计房屋

As Sweden's population ages, the country faces a challenge: how can it maintain support for its citizens without breaking the bank?

随着瑞典人口的老龄化，这个国家面临着一个挑战：如何在不破坏银行的情况下维持对公民的支持?

Furniture giant Ikea has one idea.

家具巨头宜家有一个想法。

The company is launching a new style of home for dementia patients through BoKlok, a joint venture with Swedish construction company Skanska that makes sustainable and affordablehousing.

该公司正通过与瑞典Skanska建筑公司的合资企业BoKlok为痴呆症患者推出一种新型住宅，该合资企业生产可持续且经济适用的住房。

For the past three decades, the group has built more than 11,000 modular homes throughout Sweden, Finland and Norway using the Ikea model: strip out costs by producing large quantities of parts off-site. Lower income customers only pay what they can afford.

在过去30年里，该集团在瑞典、芬兰和挪威各地使用宜家模式建造了逾1.1万套模块化住宅:通过外包生产大量零部件来削减成本。收入较低的顾客只付他们能付得起的钱。

Now, with some modifications, the company thinks it can help people who struggle with memory loss to live at home — saving the government money it would otherwise spend on care. It's built the first customized homes just outside Stockholm.

现在，经过一些修改，该公司认为它可以帮助那些在家中与失忆作斗争的人——省下原本会花在护理上的钱。它在斯德哥尔摩郊外建造了第一批定制住宅。

From Japan to the United States, countries around the world are dealing with the effects of aging populations.

从日本到美国，世界各国都在应对人口老龄化的影响。

Sweden is no exception. By 2040, nearly one in four Swedes will be 65 years or older by 2040, in part because of the baby boom following World War II.

瑞典也不例外。到2040年，近四分之一的瑞典人将在65岁以上，部分原因是二战后的婴儿潮。

In a country like Sweden, where life expectancy is very high and most care for the elderly is government funded, that means a strain on spending and resources looms. One concern is the supply of affordable yet comfortable accommodations.

在瑞典这样的国家，人们的预期寿命很高，而且大部分老年人的护理都是由政府资助的，这意味着支出和资源将面临压力。一个问题就是供应价格低廉但舒适的住宿。

We see a growing problem ... that [people] are ending up in institutions where they do not want to end up.

我们看到一个日益严重的问题……这些人最后都被关进了他们不想进的机构。

BoKlok is in the early stages of launching SilviaBo in Sweden, its first market, and is starting to talk to local governments about land and zoning. Spangenberg said he expects progress in the next year.

BoKlok正处于瑞典推出其第一个市场SilviaBo的早期阶段，并开始与当地政府讨论土地和分区。斯潘根伯格说，他预计明年会取得进展。

So far, the company has built a small pilot with six apartments just outside Stockholm.

到目前为止，该公司已经在斯德哥尔摩郊外建造了一个小型试点项目，包括六套公寓。

The BoKlok approach to affordable housing has its roots in the Ikea way of thinking.

BoKlok的经济适用房方案源于宜家的思维方式。

SilviaBo also plans to offer a version of its home for people who are around 65-years-old and newly retired, with small adjustments and the option to easily add certain accessibility functions.

SilviaBo还计划为65岁左右的新退休人士提供一个住宅版本，只需稍作调整，还可以轻松添加某些辅助功能。

According to Spangenberg: "Make that clever move now, before it's too late."

根据斯潘根伯格的说法:“现在就采取明智的行动，否则就太迟了。