Why are so many carers at breaking point?

According to the charity Carers UK, there could be more than 10.5 million unpaid carers in the UK. You could be one of them and you may not yet consider yourself in that role. Caring often starts with

Sue Hall, 68, lives near Leeds, with her husband David, 76. They have a son and a daughter, Becky, 34, who was diagnosed with incurable breast cancer last year. When Becky and Mark [her husband] said

As women, from early on in life, we’re encouraged to be carers, or to be helpful. As little girls, we’re given dolls, toy cleaning appliances and teasets along with the narrative that it’s our job to

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For years I didn’t know why he was slipping away. Now I do, I’m fighting back

The CEO of the Homecare Association, who has extensive experience in the social care, health, housing and technology sectors