Carers

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has described an informal/unpaid carer as “someone who provides unpaid help to a friend or family member needing support, perhaps due to illness, older age, disability, a mental health condition or an addiction”, as long as they are not employed to do so, they don’t need to live in the same household to be a carer.

Each carer’s experience will be unique to their own circumstances.