UNPAID carers in Scotland are spending hundreds of hours each month looking after sick or disabled family members, often with little to no support. Many are being pushed to exhaustion and burnout as a result.
Carers Scotland’s annual State of Caring report seeks to capture these experiences and give a voice to carers. It covers a wide range of themes, including carers’ finances, health, wellbeing and more – helping to build a picture of unpaid caring and highlighting the biggest challenges facing our carer population today.
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We’d encourage as many carers as possible across Scotland to complete the survey and help generate the evidence we need to make a case for change to both the Scottish and UK Governments. It can be found online here.
Fiona Collie
Head of Policy & Public Affairs, Carers Scotland
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