Workstream B - Future Funding of Long-Term Care: Demographic Pressures
Remit
- Review, collate and remodel current information and research on demographic pressures, including long term population projections, but also current assumptions on healthy life expectancy; end of life care needs; availability of informal care, etc.
- Review current patterns of care expenditure and unit costs across health, social care, extra care housing etc, and potential impacts from shifting resources.
- Consider wider economic pressures arising from the ageing population, for example on workforce availability, increasing caring responsibilities and the financial pressures on the active workforce.
- Drawing on the above, prepare a clear description of known information and uncertainties over the short, medium and longer terms to help inform the other workstreams.
- Provide on-going analytical support to the other workstreams.
You can now access the summary report relating to Demographic Effects from this workstream here.
