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Care by Spouses, Care by Children: Projections of Informal Care for Older People in England to 2031

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2007

Linda Pickard ,
Raphael Wittenberg ,
Adelina Comas-Herrera ,
Derek King  and
Juliette Malley
Linda Pickard
Affiliation:
Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics (LSE) E-mail: [email protected]
Raphael Wittenberg
Affiliation:
Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics (LSE) E-mail: [email protected]
Adelina Comas-Herrera
Affiliation:
Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics (LSE) E-mail: [email protected]
Derek King
Affiliation:
Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics (LSE) E-mail: [email protected]
Juliette Malley
Affiliation:
Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU), London School of Economics (LSE) E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The future market costs of long-term care for older people will be affected by the extent of informal care. This paper reports on projections of receipt of informal care by disabled older people from their spouses and (adult) children to 2031 in England. The paper shows that, over the next 30 years, care by spouses is likely to increase substantially. However, if current patterns of care remain the same, care by children will also need to increase by nearly 60 per cent by 2031. It is not clear that the supply of care by children will rise to meet this demand.

Type
Themed Section on the Costs of Long-Term Care for Older People
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , July 2007 , pp. 353 - 366
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2007

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