A growing care gap' the supply of unpaid care for older people by their adult children in England to 2032

Ageing and Society

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 96-123

  Pickard, Linda ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; intergenerational care; long term care policy; older people; projections; unpaid care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY POPULATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84927661855     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X13000512     Document Type: Article

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