Tag: Carers Trust


  • Controversial

    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

    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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