SHANGHAI aims to have at least 159,000 beds for seniors at nursing homes and medical institutions by 2020, under a blueprint approved by the city government yesterday.

That would represent places for 3.75 percent of the city’s population aged 60 or above. This compares to a current figure of 108,000 beds — enough for 2.8 percent of the city’s elderly.

However, under the blueprint of Shanghai’s senior care facilities to 2020, land will be allocated and managed on the basis of a 178,000-bed target.