Life should go on after caring stops
Posted: 06 Aug 2014, 11:42Life should go on after caring stops
6th August 2014
by DR JOYCE CAVAYE
Carers: is there life after care-giving? Have you or anyone you know, ever been an unpaid carer? Three in every five people will be carers at some point in their lives so it is likely that you will know someone who is or has been a carer.
The number of carers in the UK is estimated to be around 6.5 million.
In Scotland, there are about 650,000 unpaid carers providing care and support to family members, partners, friends and neighbours who are affected by ill health, frailty or disability. These numbers are projected to rise over the next 20 years, in response to an aging population and fewer social services.
Carers face challenges to their health, wellbeing and quality of life simply because of the role they have taken on.
http://chill4uscarers.co.uk/life-should ... ring-stops
6th August 2014
by DR JOYCE CAVAYE
Carers: is there life after care-giving? Have you or anyone you know, ever been an unpaid carer? Three in every five people will be carers at some point in their lives so it is likely that you will know someone who is or has been a carer.
The number of carers in the UK is estimated to be around 6.5 million.
In Scotland, there are about 650,000 unpaid carers providing care and support to family members, partners, friends and neighbours who are affected by ill health, frailty or disability. These numbers are projected to rise over the next 20 years, in response to an aging population and fewer social services.
Carers face challenges to their health, wellbeing and quality of life simply because of the role they have taken on.
http://chill4uscarers.co.uk/life-should ... ring-stops