A Carers UK report on caring and health finds that a widespread lack of support and recognition from health and care services is severely damaging unpaid carers’ mental health. It highlights how people caring round the clock for older, disabled or seriously ill relatives do not have adequate support from statutory services that are in place to help them and finds many are steeped in thoughts of hopelessness, fear, and dread and are urgently in need of support.
State of Caring Survey 2023 – The impact of caring on: health | Carers UK