by Emily Holzhausen, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Carers UK. More figures from the 2011 Census are giving us a deeper understanding of the changes to our society and how carers are managing within that.  Carers UK had to campaign for the question on carers to be included…

By Andrea Sutcliffe, Chief Executive of the Social Care Institute for Excellence My Gran died at home at the age of 93. Her last few days were sad and difficult for everyone in the family, but we know that she died peacefully where she wanted to be. While formal services…

by Emily Holzhausen, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Carers UK. The publication of the Care Quality Commission’s report, Not Just a Number, sets down an important milestone in the drive to push up the quality of home care. Having been battered by a series of programmes exposing poor…

by Emily Holzhausen, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Carers UK. New figures from the 2011 census show an increase of nearly 600,000 carers in England and Wales over the last decade, and with the greatest increases in the numbers of carers who are providing more heavy end care.…

We commissioned Professor Leslie Mayhew, renowned actuary and economist at Cass Business School, to look at the current landscape of care and support and explore how the care economy could benefit from different approaches. The demographic reality of growing care needs at a time of shrinking resources and unprecedented cuts…

By Chloe Wright, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer at Carers UK This summer the Government published a landmark piece of legislation, which aims to simplify and clarify the law relating to social care. The Draft Care and Support Bill draws together around 30 different Acts of Parliament. In doing…

Carers UK's Local Policy Consultancy Manager Kate Burke looks at reablement. Reablement is a short and intensive service, usually delivered in the home, which is offered to people with disabilities and those who are frail or recovering from an illness or injury. The purpose is to help people who have…

Carers UK's Local Policy Consultancy Manager Kate Burke looks at the role Local Authorities can play in supporting carers in their own workforces. Many people working in the public sector also have caring responsibilities. Around one in seven of people in employment will be caring for someone who is ill,…

By Steve McIntosh, Policy & Public Affairs Manager at Carers UK Next year will mark one of the biggest changes to disability benefits since the introduction of Disability Living Allowance in 1992. On April 8th 2013 the Government will introduce the Personal Independence Payment (PIP), the replacement benefit for Disability…

Carers UK’s Head of Innovation Madeleine Starr MBE examines the future of care and support services and asks whether a ‘care economy’ could help us grow our way out of recession.  ‘Demographic timebomb’, ‘silver tsunami’, ‘agequake’ – all are terms used to describe the potential impact of our ageing and…