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Valuing carers
— calculating the value of unpaid care | | Author(s) | Lisa Buckner, Sue Yeandle |
| Corporate Author | Carers UK; University of Leeds |
| Publisher | Carers UK, London, September 2007 |
| Pages | 13 pp |
| Source | Download (21/9/07): http://www.carersuk.org/Newsandcampaigns/Valuingca... Carers UK, 20/25 Glasshouse Yard, London EC1A 4JT. CarersLine 0808 808 7777 (Wed/Thurs only 10-12 and 2-4) |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Costs [care] ; Census ; Econometrics. |
| Annotation | The economic value of the contribution made by carers in the UK is estimated at £87 billion a year. This report updates the estimate of the value of unpaid care published in 2002 by Carers UK in 'Without us ...? Calculating the value of carers' support'. For the first time, data at local as well as national level is included, comprising numbers of carers (from the 2001 Census), the value of care in 2002 and 2007, and how this has changed: overall the latest figure is 52% higher than in 2002. Recommendations are made on properly costing the value of care and the need to increase carers' incomes significantly. The work for this report has been funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) under its Equal Community Initiative programme and was undertaken by researchers at the University of Leeds. A forthcoming report by Carers UK and the University of Leeds will explore the social contract made between society and carers - that is, what the state, employers and communities provide, and what carers contribute. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070921001 E |
| Classmark | P6: QDC: S4C: WE |
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