Carers pushed to breaking point

From Carer Watch*

Press release from the charity Carers UK — which is not to be confused with the dreadful privatiser of services known as CareUK

11 September 2014

Carers across the UK are being pushed to the brink – suffering exhaustion, physical and mental breakdown as they struggle to care for older or disabled loved ones.

Carers UK’s Carers at breaking point research – based on a survey of over 5,000 carers¹ – shows:

• 6 in 10 caring for an older, disabled or seriously ill loved one have reached breaking point.
• A quarter needing medical treatment as a result.
• 63% suffered depression and 79% reported anxiety.

see in full here 

 Swheatie notes that Carer Watch is too independent of public funds to be 'a charity' as such. It is an online self-help network of family based carers too independent of any Government assistance to be considered a 'charity'. He also notes that carers save taxpayers more than the total budget of the NHS.