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This report adds to the growing evidence that unpaid caring should be considered a social determinant of health.
How to access social care, and support if you, or someone you care for is blind.
This guide tells you about some of the most important points in the Equality Act. However, this guide doesn’t cover all your rights. Get advice…
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Chapters 6 and 7.
These easy read guides explain what Carer’s Allowance is and how you can apply for it.
Information showing how well the Carer's Allowance Unit has met national targets.
This paper summarises the key findings of a systematic review on the topic of how informal caring roles interact with employment.
Find out how to get certain payments tax-free for foster carers, adult placement carers, kinship carers and staying put carers.
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Results and analysis from the Personal Social Services Survey of Adult Carers in England for 2018-19.
This research looks at carers, their use of Carer's Allowance, budgeting issues and how they can be better supported to return to work.
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
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