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Care by spouses, care by children — projections of informal care for older people in England to 2031
Author(s)	Linda Pickard, Raphael Wittenberg, Adelina Comas-Herrera
Journal title	Social Policy & Society, vol 6, pt 3, July 2007
Pages	pp 353-366
Source	http://www.journals.cambridge.org
Keywords	Spouses as carers ; Children [offspring] as carers ; Long term ; England.
Annotation	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 spouse and (adult) children by 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% by 2031. It is not clear that the supply of care by children will rise to meet this demand. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070709003 A
Classmark	P6:SN: P6:SS: 4Q: 82
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