Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An online petition is urging the UK Government to increase Carer’s Allowance from £83.30 per week to “at least £800”. The benefit, ...

Support for carers of people living with dementia will be bolstered under a new and innovative patient-centered approach led by Flinders Caring Futures Institute researchers. The Partnership in ...

More than 90,000 people providing unpaid care in Scotland will receive an extra payment of £293.50 in mid-December. Carer’s Allowance Supplement - a payment only available north of the border - was ...

"A lot of carers face a loss of identity and a loss of self – because it’s all about the person you’re caring for," says Amy*, 29, whose caring role began at 18 when her younger brother developed a ...