Unpaid Carers

Unpaid carers of parents with dementia are propping up the NHS and social care system
Dr Jackie Gray
Jackie Gray

Unpaid carers of parents with dementia are propping up the NHS and social care system

Dr Jackie Gray, who gave up her career as an NHS doctor to look after her father during his final years before founding The Carents Room, writes about the lack of support for unpaid carers of parents with dementia
Letters: If unpaid carers stopped caring, people would die
Letters

Letters: If unpaid carers stopped caring, people would die

Carer's allowance turns 50: 'I keep the money side of things from her, I don't want her to worry'
carer pushing someone in a wheelchair
Unpaid carers

Carer's allowance turns 50: 'I keep the money side of things from her, I don't want her to worry'

The £184 billion question: What would happen if the unpaid carers stopped caring?
 Emily Holzhausen

The £184 billion question: What would happen if the unpaid carers stopped caring?

What would happen if the UK's volunteers stopped volunteering?
Volunteering

What would happen if the UK's volunteers stopped volunteering?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what's going on at home’
band practice at Kingston Carers Network
Changemakers

Who cares for the carers? ‘I can escape without having to worry about what's going on at home’

Letters: In 2026 can we start making sure those without family aren't left behind?
Letters

Letters: In 2026 can we start making sure those without family aren't left behind?

Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide
Screenshot of the film More Than A Parent depicts an unpaid parent carer sitting on the floor of her kitchen
Social care

Revealed: Over a third of parents who care for sick or disabled children have considered suicide