The Impact of Caring

Unpaid carers play a vital role in supporting our health and social care system.  Buckner and Yeandle (2015) estimated that the support provided by the 220,500 carers in Northern Ireland is £4.6 billion per year.  This is similar to the entire 2016/17 Stormont health budget.  ‘The Impact of Caring’ is a Research Update produced by ARK which draws upon data from the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, and focuses upon the impact of caring on carers.  It sets the data in the context of recent and forthcoming policy developments.  To download this document, visit: www.ark.ac.uk/publications/updates/update109.pdf