According to a Carers UK report, more than 1,500 Britons quit their jobs every day to care for sick, elderly, or disabled loved ones. Seven years ago. There are 11 million unpaid carers in the UK now, costing the economy an estimated £37 billion annually, and experts warn that businesses are bleeding valuable skills.
Would you give up work to care for a loved one? Have you already done so? Director of Policy & Public Affairs at Carers UK, Emily Holzhausen, crunches these numbers and goes over the ins and outs of providing care, before you get to talk back to Petrie.