Report 8: Carers, Employment and Services in Wales: focus on Anglesey and Swansea
23 October 2007
In Wales 157,021 people have both a paid job and unpaid care responsibilites, supporting a relative, partner of friend who is sick, disabled or frail.
This report focuses on the situation of carers living in Wales and features detailed information abot Anglesey and Swansea. It uses official statistics and new data from the CES survey to explore the extent of unpaid caring among people of working age, and examines the circumstances of employed carers who live in Wales and the views of those who took part in the study. There were 206 responses to the survey from carers of working age living in Wales as a whole (including 51 from Anglesey and 131 from Swansea): 90% were providing 20+ hours of care per week and 38% were in employment. 28 of the 134 CES in-depth interviews were with carers in Anglesey and Swansea. This report outlines the support available to working carers in Wales, highlights innovation and service developments, and offers a contribution to the current policy debate about the role of carers in the delivery of social care in Britain, and about carers' need for support.
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