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Household composition and the dynamics of community-based social care in England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2019

José Iparraguirre Open the ORCID record for José Iparraguirre [Opens in a new window]
José Iparraguirre*
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Age UK, London, UK Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, Spain*
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Email: jose.iparraguirre@ageuk.org.uk
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Abstract

Little is known about the dynamic relationship between the different funding sources of community-based social care in England. Using Waves 2–6 (2004–2013) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing survey, I estimated dynamic multi-level cross-classified mixed-effects logistic regression models to investigate whether receiving services by one source is more or less likely if an older person was already receiving services funded by the same source or another in the previous period. Four hypotheses between formal privately and publicly funded help and informal help are tested: substitution, complementarity, compensation and task-specificity. I also report evidence that older people on low incomes residing in local authorities that reduce social care spending are especially affected.

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long-term caredynamic modelslocal government

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Ageing & Society , Volume 40 , Issue 8 , August 2020 , pp. 1631 - 1646
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019

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This article was originally published without acknowledgement of the author's second affiliation to UNED. This has been corrected and a corrigendum published.

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