Mapping the future of family care: receipt of informal care by older people with disabilities in England to 2032

Pickard, Linda, Wittenberg, Raphael ORCID: 0000-0003-3096-2721, Comas-Herrera, Adelina ORCID: 0000-0002-9860-9062, King, Derek ORCID: 0000-0002-2408-4558 and Malley, Juliette ORCID: 0000-0001-5759-1647 (2012) Mapping the future of family care: receipt of informal care by older people with disabilities in England to 2032. Social Policy and Society, 11 (4). pp. 533-545. ISSN 1475-7464

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Abstract

Many long-term care systems in economically developed countries are reliant on informal care. However, in the context of population ageing, there are concerns about the future supply of informal care. This article reports on projections of informal care receipt by older people with disabilities from spouses and (adult) children to 2032 in England. The projections show that the proportions of older people with disabilities who have a child will fall by 2032 and that the extent of informal care in future may be lower than previously estimated. The policy implications, in the context of the Dilnot Commission's report, are explored.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJourna...
Additional Information:	© 2012 Cambridge University Press
Divisions:	Care Policy and Evaluation Centre LSE Health
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	23 Nov 2012 13:57
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 00:13
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/47519

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