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Focus on health and social care for elderly people
2012 has been designated the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations. In Sweden, the Government is continuing to support efforts by municipalities to introduce local dignity guarantees in elderly care services. Read more about this and other initiatives in the area in the Government newsletter.
The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs' priority issues
The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs has published a brochure on its priority issues within the different policy areas.
Maria Larsson to chair UN Conference of States Parties
Minister for Children and the Elderly Maria Larsson will travel to New York today to chair the fourth session of the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Sweden was one of the driving forces at the inception of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and high hopes are being pinned on Sweden in future work.
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Government newsletter - Housing construction - the plan to get it moving again
Housing construction in Sweden is now picking up. For many years there has been far too little construction, which has resulted in a housing shortage. In this week's newsletter you can read about a range of different measures to reduce the shortage that have been implemented.
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