An extra 71000 care home places will be needed by 2025 in England as care needs increase, study predicts
Wednesday, August 16, 2017 - 12:02
in Health & Medicine
As life expectancy increases, so too have the number of years that older adults spend with substantial care needs, now reaching an average of 3.0 years for women and 2.4 years for men aged over 65 according to a new English analysis of care needs in 2011 compared to 1991.