Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: Unpaid carers are more likely to be poverty than non-carers having often quit jobs to ...
Unpaid carers are more likely to be poverty than non-carers having often quit jobs to care for relatives. They are then abused by the DWP in brutal policing of the available support they receive.
Moreover, living often in constrained circumstances, carers have been badly hit by the cost of living crisis of recent years.
In-family care is what keeps community social care going, yet it seems to be treated with disdain by the state.
Serious reform is needed!
#health
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/12/unpaid-carers-uk-poverty-benefits
Moreover, living often in constrained circumstances, carers have been badly hit by the cost of living crisis of recent years.
In-family care is what keeps community social care going, yet it seems to be treated with disdain by the state.
Serious reform is needed!
#health
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/12/unpaid-carers-uk-poverty-benefits