An exploration of the UK carer world


The young caree


Meet the new people   Jack on the left and Jimmy on the right.   Matt, the fifteen-year old in the middle has been a carer for four years and has watched his younger brother's (Jimmy's) sad decline.


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Matt has a girl-friend Mary (playing peep-bo with Jimmy and next to him - second on the right) he (Matt) can talk to.  


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Here's an unexpected topic.  Some readers might react unfavourably to the idea of Jimmy being a carer.  Apparently carers can be as young as four years.  The picture above illustrates the obvious problem.  How do children so young cope with the role?  

 

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Is five the right age to start as a carer? It's official here.


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Write about these people as new cases or more on those with partial stories. Item 7 here.


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The charity 'Together for Short Lives' website here is worth exploring - more



 


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