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Carers Week 2011 will be highlighting and celebrating the incredible contribution that carers make, sharing the challenges overcome as well as those still being faced. Those involved will be campaigning for greater support and recognition for carers and informing those who are unaware of the services and benefits they are entitled to. 3 in 5 people will be a carer at some point in their lives.
Carers Week 2011 will be revealing the surprising stories behind the 6 million carers who save the country's economy £119 billion each and every year.
They provide unpaid care for someone who is ill, frail or disabled. Some are forced to give up work to give 24 hour care. Others hold down top-level jobs, working a double life as carer and employee. Some carers are children and young people; those who should be the cared for, having to do the caring.
An allowance of £55.55 a week is all full-time carers get. And that's for a minimum of a 35 hour caring week. At £1.59 an hour, this is a third of the national minimum wage.
If you are caring for someone with PSP and want advice on what services and benefits you are entitled to then please contact the on .
For more information on Carer's Week then visit CarersWeek.org or call
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Published by Helen Porter on June 10th 2011