What is your relationship with the person you care for?

[douglas spooner]

GOTCHA!!!

[rosemary]

GOTCHA!!!

Gotcha TOO



How are you both?

[douglas spooner]

not very good at mo rosemary we both have been unwell how are you and yours?

[rosemary]

Doing ok here thanks Doug. Full of busy with appts but you know all about them. Did you ever get full results for N?

[douglas spooner]

no we are still waiting again! but hey thats the way of it wait wait wait

[rosemary]

Tell me about it Doug . Fingers crossed you hear soon.
Please tell N I was asking after her and you take care of YOU too

x x

[SezzieC]

I'm full-time parent carer to two daughters with ASDs (Eldest - dx. moderate autism, Youngest, dx. Asperger's but also suspected PDA).

Sezzie.

[redfang]

well i have put in " Father " however my little guy is actually my step son though i have been with him since he just turned 3 ( wow 9 years now ) and his real dad has nothing to do with him at all so for the most part he is mine...... and he's always mine when he's done a corker!!! lmao.

[Arti Takyar]

I care for my grandma, not an option on their for me not sure which is the closest to that so i wont vote

[Paul Rutherford]

No category for us grandparents caring for our grandchildren either

[sunnygirl]

It would be interesting to see how many carers are also disabled or have life limiting illnesses themselves.

[Scally]

Yes, there is some evidence that carers are more likely to be ill or disabled themselves, but there are a number of possible reasons for this, and the figures vary a lot according to their situation.
The incidence of ill health and disability are related to poverty: and poverty is also strongly related to educational achievement: so for example well-educated carers with professional qualifications are more likely to figure out how to juggle caring and flexible working partly because they can earn more per hour and are better at finding careers that suit their own caring responsibilities. A GP or teacher who is a carer can easily become a locum or go p/t and earn say £500-£1000 in say 10-20 hours work a week: clearly they are in a far better position to buy in some respite than a carer who is a cleaner and earns £6 an hour.
There is also much evidence that the more income people have, the more exercise they get: whilst walking is free, many other forms of exercise require access to a gym, a bike, or specialised clothing, and all these things cost money.
And when we link this with depression, we also find that poor carers are far more likely to drink heavily and smoke in order to self-medicate.

[no1carer]

i am none of the above as i care for my gran is their other?

[Sparklingtechie]

oh bugger I think I did this wrong. I thought it was asking my relationship in that they are my sons, so I put combination of both as it only does son in the singular...but I have a feeling I should have put mother????

[furbial]

Only 2 carers look after their brother! If this statistic is minimal on this poll then i'm sure overall the statistic is minimal in general. Man and Wife they are for the long term, thus better or worse they will stick it through the very end! I am so humbled when couples stick it out to the end! Very aspirational. In our younger years, we tend to be career ambitious, seeking the perfect life of your role models, so I can understand the brother statistic being low, because they want to achieve their goals without being in hardship.