Almost 1.3 million (1,277,693)[1]
older people are devoting their retirement to caring for ill partners
or their own ageing parents. Census figures show that this is a
staggering increase of 35% in the last ten years.
According to figures published today (16th
May 2013) by the Office for National Statistics, this army of ageing
carers has rocketed by over a third in the last ten years. The number of
older carers has risen more rapidly than the total number of carers –
which has increased by 11 % to 6.5. million in the UK.
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