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Informal care in the PSSRU model. Terminology: ‘informal’ or ‘unpaid’ care Inputs age, gender, disability, marital status, household type, housing tenure Outputs: numbers of older people with a functional disability in receipt of informal care
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Informal care in the PSSRU model Terminology: ‘informal’ or ‘unpaid’ care Inputs age, gender, disability, marital status, household type, housing tenure Outputs: numbers of older people with a functional disability in receipt of informal care numbers of older people with a functional disability by source of informal care spouses, adult children, others Key data source: GHS 2001/02
Informal care in the PSSRU model Projected number of older people by age group, gender, disability, marital status, household type and housing tenure Assignment of informal care to sub-groups of disabled older people Source: GHS 2001/02 Projected number of disabled older people in receipt of informal care Functions assigning receipt of care to each sub-group of the older population Sources: GHS 2001/02, DH data on residential/nursing home care, 2001 census data on hospital care & data from PSSRU surveys of residential care Projected number of recipients of formal services
Informal/unpaid care under NDA programme (WP5) Inputs (additional to factors affecting receipt of informal/unpaid care currently considered): availability of living (adult) children socio-economic status (education) Wider definition of informal/unpaid care to include intensity of care personal care Transitions into and out of receipt of informal/unpaid and formal/paid care, using longitudinal analysis Key data source: ELSA 2002/03, 2004/05
Informal/unpaid care (WP5):linkages with other parts of NDA programme Links with WP3: projections of kin availability (partners, numbers of living children; by education) Links with WP4: analysis of ELSA data on family resources, socio-economic circumstances & social participation Links within WP5 within PSSRU model - relationship of informal/unpaid care and formal/paid care with CARESIM / PPI models