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Medical Matters: Caring for Carers

Elderly

07/11/2012

Caring for Carers

BBC Radio Scotland - Medical Matters, Caring for Carers

Sally Magnusson asks: if you're caring for someone with dementia, who looks after you?

Sally Magnusson finds out how three out of four carers feel that their health has suffered as a result of caring for someone with dementia.

As someone who's cared for a parent with dementia, Sally Magnusson is concerned that there isn't enough support for carers looking after their relatives at home. In this Medical Matters, Sally talks to carers of people with dementia, including campaigner Tommy Whitelaw, who toured Scotland raising awareness of how dementia affects sufferers and their carers, by asking carers to write letters telling their stories that he presents to the Scottish Government. Though caring for a loved one is often a privilege, Sally discusses what makes it such a challenging and traumatic experience, and asks what we can all do to ease the strain on carers.

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