Call to address gap in family care

Press Association
Updated
Caring woman hands over elderly hands being concept of trust and reliability.
Caring woman hands over elderly hands being concept of trust and reliability.

The number of older people needing informal care will outstrip the number of family members able to provide it as early as 2017, a think tank has claimed.

The IPPR said the gap of those without adult children to care for them will rise to more than a million by 2030, in research on the rising costs of care.

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