Unpaid carers are increasingly caring for longer hours each week, facing mounting personal costs as a result of growing caring responsibilities. 52% of carers say the number of hours that they spend caring each week has risen in the last year Nearly half (49%) of unpaid carers say they have cut back on essentials such as food, heating, clothing and transport costs 42% of carers answering this year’s survey say their physical health has worsened and 20% have experienced an injury because of caring Unpaid carers, whose finances, health and ability to work are already impacted by their caring responsibilities,
Unpaid carers working longer hours as seen on The Hippocratic Post.