Informal care in the PSSRU model n Terminology: ‘informal’ or ‘unpaid’ care n Inputs n age, gender, disability, marital status, household type, housing tenure n Outputs: n numbers of older people with a functional disability in receipt of informal care n numbers of older people with a functional disability by source of informal care n spouses, adult children, others n 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 Projected number of recipients of formal services 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

Informal/unpaid care under NDA programme (WP5) n Inputs (additional to factors affecting receipt of informal/unpaid care currently considered): n availability of living (adult) children n socio-economic status (education) n Wider definition of informal/unpaid care to include n intensity of care n personal care n Transitions into and out of receipt of informal/unpaid and formal/paid care, using longitudinal analysis n Key data source: ELSA 2002/03, 2004/05

Informal/unpaid care (WP5): linkages with other parts of NDA programme n Links with WP3: projections of kin availability (partners, numbers of living children; by education) n Links with WP4: analysis of ELSA data on family resources, socio-economic circumstances & social participation n Links within WP5 n within PSSRU model - relationship of informal/unpaid care and formal/paid care n with CARESIM / PPI models