Each day 6,000 people start caring for a family member or friend. Some tips and advice for carers, from carers.
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State of Caring report
Our new report shows Care Act is not yet delivering the improved support promised and urgently needed for carers
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Caring Homes
Our report Caring Homes looks at the impact of inaccessible and unsuitable housing on carers and their families.
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When we're caring, it can feel like we're living with the shadow of isolation. Our new graphic shows how powerful words of support and understanding can be.
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So let's hear it for the carers who contribute so much to the economy, who sustain our NHS and society itself, and have yet to hear this understood, valued or recognised.
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For the past 50 years we've been at the forefront of the carers movement, extending and protecting carers rights. Whilst we have achieved a lot together, there is so much more to do to ensure we can look after loved ones without putting our own lives on hold.