Carers putting their own health at risk, census shows

New analysis of the 2011 census from the Office for National Statistics shows a link between juggling a full-time job while caring for relatives and having deteriorating health.

It found that those who provide 50 hours or more care a week while trying to hold down a full time job are three times more likely themselves to be struggling with ill health than their working counterparts who are not carers.

The ONS said there appeared to be a “uniform pattern of deteriorating health” the more unpaid care people provide.

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