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Can't Afford the Laurels?: Care Provision in Ambridge in 2045

Flapjacks and Feudalism

ISBN: 978-1-80071-389-5, eISBN: 978-1-80071-386-4

Publication date: 16 March 2021

Abstract

Care options for older people are important to individuals and to society, and currently, there is a crisis in this care. The chapter presents a research base projection onto the situation in England in 2045, using Office for National Statistics (ONS) modelling based on current population reaching the age of 85-years plus. We take three The Archers characters and fantasise about their lives in 2045, Shula and Kenton Archer and Hazel Woolley. Through them, we illustrate three options for care, namely, cared for by family members, buying in care in own home and moving into a care home. The financial aspects of these choices are explored.

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Heilbronn, R. and Janssen, R. (2021), "Can't Afford the Laurels?: Care Provision in Ambridge in 2045", Headlam, N. and Courage, C. (Ed.) Flapjacks and Feudalism, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 255-272. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-386-420211016

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