Plea to PM over care crisis
A group of 78 charities and campaign groups have told the Prime Minister in an open letter to the Daily Mail that a postcode lottery of access to care is leaving many elderly people in "quiet desperation".
Health and career struggles for unpaid carers
Thousands of unpaid carers are suffering health and career problems because of the struggle to look after sick or disabled family members without help. Nearly six out of 10 of those polled by the Carers Trust said the strain of looking after a loved one had affected their mental health. .
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