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‘It is all about raising the profile of carers’

‘It is all about raising the profile of carers’

by External Article | Jun 9, 2022 | Caring for a Child, Caring for a Client, Generation X, Long Term Caregiving, Working Family Caregivers | 0 comments

It was early evening, and Rebekah Zammett was about to leave her north Oxfordshire home to work a nightshift looking after teenagers at a local residential institution. But then a thud came from the bedroom of her son Jack, who has cerebral palsy. For many, like...
‘You’d walk out if your husband hit you – you can’t when it’s your child’

‘You’d walk out if your husband hit you – you can’t when it’s your child’

by External Article | Jul 25, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Child, Generation Z, Long Term Caregiving, Millennial Generation | 0 comments

Most parents never have to worry about being attacked by a violent child, but if it happens, they face a dilemma. They can’t just walk out – and they may fear that seeking help will have repercussions for their child. Research suggests the problem is often...
Benefits and disability: ‘I’ll never cohabit again, to protect myself’

Benefits and disability: ‘I’ll never cohabit again, to protect myself’

by External Article | Jul 5, 2021 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Romantic Partner, Housing, Planning | 0 comments

Benefits exist to support people in times of need. But for some disabled people, household means-testing has led to benefits being taken away making them uncomfortably reliant on their partner and in debt due to the extra living expenses disabled people incur. Rachel...
I missed four weeks’ school a year caring for my sick mum

I missed four weeks’ school a year caring for my sick mum

by External Article | Aug 8, 2019 | Care Work Library, Caring for a Parent, Millennial Generation, Working Family Caregivers | 0 comments

His mum had come to the UK from Bangladesh as a 19-year-old bride, so there was little support from extended family – but it was an accident when Thupayal was 15 and his brother, Mohammed, 11 that truly turned their lives upside down. Thupayal had to take charge...

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