Carers UK, July 2019
The State of Caring Survey is the UK’s most comprehensive research into the lives and experience of carers. This year over 7,500 current carers shared their experiences and helped inform our State of Caring 2019 report. Key findings include:
- almost 2 in 5 (39%) carers saying that they are struggling to make ends meet
- over half of carers who are receiving Carer’s Allowance (53%) are struggling to make ends meet
- shockingly, over two thirds of carers (68%) regularly use their own income or savings to pay for care or support services, equipment or products for the person they care for
- 1 in 8 carers (12%) reported that they or those they support received less care or support services during the previous year due to a reduction in the amount of support from social services
- 53% of carers said that they are not able to save for their retirement
- almost two thirds of carers (64%) say that they have focussed on the care needs of the person they care for, and not on their own needs.
Click here to view the full report.