So I hesitated before inflicting John Humphrys, Radio 4 and the Today programme on anyone yet again – it hardly seems fair. But it was such an insightful, moving piece that I felt compelled to do so, particularly as it has just been revealed that those with dementia and their unpaid family carers shoulder two-thirds of the staggering £26 billion that the condition costs this country every year.
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The unending grief of the dementia carer
Unpaid family carers shoulder two-thirds of the staggering £26 billion that the condition costs this country every year.
New research says many carers have reached ‘breaking point’
Carers are “pushed to the brink,”
First published 01:35 Thursday 11 September 2014 in Bradford Bradford Telegraph and Argus: Photograph of the Author by Rob Lowson, T&A Reporter
MANY people acting as carers for older or disabled loved ones have reached “breaking point”, new research has revealed.
A study of more than 5,000 carers by the charity Carers UK has found that six out of ten are being “pushed to the brink,” with a quarter requiring some form of medical treatment due to their role, 63 per cent suffering from depression, and 79 per cent from some form of anxiety.