One reason why care places have decreased in Sweden is that medical development is progressing.
That's what Björn af Ugglas, who is a researcher and doctor of medical science at Karolinska Institutet, says.
- We do not need as many care places now, and that is positive.
It frees up resources for society.
But he emphasizes that it has now "gone too far" and that Swedish healthcare needs to increase the number of care places again.
Hear him and the doctor Johan Styrud tell more about the reduction in care places in the feature above.