The Generation Strain: Collective Solutions to Care in an Ageing Society

Produced by the Institute for Public Policy Research

Authors – Clare McNeil and Jack Hunter

(April, 2014)

As the ageing population increases and as the number of older people in need of social care is set to outstrip the number of family members able and willing to give help for the first time in 2017, the demand on overstretched services and on families is predicted to rise in the future.

This report highlights the problems facing older people and their families and the need to transform our care system for older people. It makes a number of recommendations, to be addressed as part of a five-year funding settlement across health and social care.

Read the full report here.