Way to go for ageing countries

Multigeneration houses are a key part of Germany’s ageing population plan.

In Pattensen, a small town of 13,000 just south of Hanover in Germany, pensioners play cards to the echoing tick-tock of a grandfather clock. It might be a melancholy scene – if it wasn’t for the squeals of delight coming through the open door from the nursery on the next floor.