Who will care for the oldest people in our ageing society?
- 15 March 2007
- Vol. 334 (7593), 570-571
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39129.397373.be
Abstract
The number of informal carers for frail elderly people is set to fall steeply. Jean-Marie Robine and colleagues propose a new way to assess the trend that should help policy makers plan for the deficitKeywords
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