hgdover50sforum.org.uk » Over 80s carers https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk A Voice for Older People in the Harrogate District Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:05:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 23 million hours of unpaid care provided by over 80s https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/23-million-hours-of-unpaid-care-provided-by-over-80s/ https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/23-million-hours-of-unpaid-care-provided-by-over-80s/#comments Thu, 26 Dec 2019 11:39:59 +0000 https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/?p=7192 Couple caring for each other 2A report published by Age UK indicates that 23 million hours of unpaid care is provided by people over 80. This is equivalent to 1.2 billion hours of care a year at a saving of £23 million to the healthcare system.

Unfortunately this comes at a personal cost to the health of the carers, who are often living with long-term health and mobility problems and who are unable to get any  breaks or respite from their duties.

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