• Austerity and the plight of older carers | Letter

    Austerity and the plight of older carers | Letter
    Prof Rachel Forrester-Jones writes in response to a letter by Barbara MacArthur, who at 93 still cares for her disabled adult sonBarbara MacArthur’s letter (At 93, I am still my son’s sole carer, 29 July) will resonate strongly with so many older carers in the UK – yet still their plight is not properly acknowledged. Even before the pandemic hit, 7.6 million family carers in the UK were recorded to be providing around 149 million hours of care per week – equal to 4 millio

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