Carers Week 2017 June 12th-18th
Who cares for the carers? With so much in the news lately about social care and it’s provision it is important that we do not forget about those unpaid carers who contribute most to the system. Eight ...
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As the clocks go back, carers wish they had a spare hour
As the clocks go back this weekend, many of the UK’s seven million carers said if they had an extra hour they would get back into bed and sleep or go out and get active, according to a poll by Carers ...
10.6 million people to become carers for older, sick or disabled loved ones in the next five years
That’s just under 6,000 people in a new caring role every day £1.1 billion of Carer’s Allowance goes unclaimed every year 42 per cent of carers miss out on financial support New research by the charit ...
Carers going without enough support with caring for a loved one
New research for Carers Week 2014 suggests that the nation’s carers are struggling behind closed doors without adequate help or advice: Only 1 in 3 (33%) carers polled saying they received enough supp ...