This week is Carers Week, a week where national charities and local groups are recognising the contribution made by the 6.4 million people in the UK who care, unpaid, for ill, frail or disabled friends or family. However, more than most, carers are facing increasingly difficult times.
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The cuts carers are facing will bring greater costs in the long term
The cuts carers are facing will bring greater costs in the long term
Admissions to hospital and residential care will rise as carers are pushed to breaking point by a lack of support
Tuesday 14 June 2011 12.16 BST
An elderly lady is helped to her chair in a care home in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
Lifeline for care home operator
Lifeline for care home operator
Published on Tuesday 14 June 2011 05:36
Stricken care home provider Southern Cross has been thrown a lifeline after its landlords said they were prepared to take significant cuts in rent.
Angela Rippon CARERS Week Interview 2011
ANGELA RIPPON CARERS WEEK INTERVIEW
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TV presenter Angela Rippon talks about Carers Week, and her experience as a carer for her mother.
