1. Informal care in PSSRU model n Inputs n age, gender, disability, marital status, household type, housing tenure n Outputs n numbers of older people with a functional disability in private households in receipt of informal care n by source: spouses, adult children, others n Key data source: GHS 2000/02

2. Informal care in PSSRU model Projected number of older people by age group, gender, disability, household type and housing tenure Assignment of informal care to sub-groups of functionally disabled older people Source: GHS 2001/02 Projected number of functionally 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 care, 2001 census data on hospital data and data from PSSRU surveys of residential care

3. Informal/unpaid care under NDA programme (WP5) n Inputs (additional factors affecting receipt of informal/unpaid care): n availability of adult (living) 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 of receipt of care n Key data sources: ELSA 2002/03, 2004/05

4. Informal/unpaid care (WP5): Linkages n Links with WP3: projections of kin availability (partners, numbers of living children; by education) n Links with WP4: analyses of households & 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