The hidden lives of those who care

[maureenho]

The hidden lives of those who care

15 December 2014 Last updated at 00:46

By Laurence Cawley BBC News

While nobody sets out to be an unpaid carer, it is a job more than six million people currently perform, according to the 2011 Census. This hidden workforce, thought to save the economy £119bn a year, is drawn from all ages and backgrounds.

Here are a few of their stories. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30290967

[wendy]

no one cares until they become a carer.

[Rosalind]

Very true h###u

[daisy]

Very true h###u