Empowering Unpaid Carers
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Controversial
Controversial? hmm, I couldn’t think what else to call this post, I decided on ‘controversial’ as you may disagree with the points I put forward here. My experience of the hierarchy of unpaid carers and how we are perceived. I attended a Regional Partnership Board meeting as an unpaid carers representative (please look up what…
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stereotypes
Is there a stereotypical view of unpaid carers? Who do you automatically think of when someone says they’re a carer for a loved one? ‘In State of Caring 2025 research by Carers UK found that the most common person being cared for was a spouse (39%), followed by a parent/parent-in-law (34%), then a son/daughter aged…
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Welcome to my blog – who the fuck cares?
Hiya! My name is Alexandra and I am an unpaid carer. A few things to be aware of in this blog: I will be expressing my opinions about the role of an unpaid carer, sharing a bit of my lived experience and the realities of caring. At some points this may seem sad, happy, angry,…
Who the Fuck Cares? 