Full time carers are twice as likely to be in bad health as non-carers.
When carers faced barriers to maintaining their health
- 51% let a health problem go untreated
- 50% said their mental health got worse
- 31% only got help when it was an emergency
Carers Week 2016 Research Report
www.carersweek.org/media-and-updates/item/443757-building-carer-friendly-communities-research-report-for-carers-week-2016
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