Joint research by Carers UK and the seven other Carers Week partners, published for Carers Week 2012, sets out the toll caring can take on carers' mental and physical health.

In the second of our Future Care series, Growing the Care Market looks at reform of social care through an economic lens - exploring the economic costs to families and business of a lack of support forcing carers to give up work to care, but also the economic opportunities of stimulating growth in the care market.

In the first of our Future Care series, Care and technology in the 21st century explores the current landscape on care and technology and calls for a technological transformation in the way we support families caring for ill, frail and disabled loved ones.

For those caring for a relative or friend, the diet of that person is often the carer’s responsibility. A new research survey from Carers UK and Nutricia shows 60% of carers worry about the nutrition of the person they care for, because their condition makes eating or taking on nutrition difficult.

This research examines the impacts on employers and employees of managing caring at a distance. With our ageing population and workforce – and increasing mobility through employment – managing caring at a distance is moving centre stage as a business issue.