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The authors of the IPPR report would like to point out that the figures on the projected number of carers in England in 2017 and beyond come from a study carried out in 2013 by researchers at the London School of Economics. [1]
1. Pickard L (2013) 'A growing care gap? The supply of unpaid care for older people by their adult children in England to 2032'. Ageing and Society. DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X13000512. Available at http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/51955/
Re: Demand for family caregivers will exceed supply by 2017, think tank predicts
The authors of the IPPR report would like to point out that the figures on the projected number of carers in England in 2017 and beyond come from a study carried out in 2013 by researchers at the London School of Economics. [1]
1. Pickard L (2013) 'A growing care gap? The supply of unpaid care for older people by their adult children in England to 2032'. Ageing and Society. DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X13000512. Available at http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/51955/
Competing interests: No competing interests