Carer Stories

Through our digital support service for unpaid carers in Leeds, we loaned Tristan a large-screen tablet and met with them…

I’m 70 years old and I care for my husband, who has dementia. I had to go part-time to look…

I’m 63, I should be drawing a pension but instead I’m a full-time carer. The real me went to drama

I didn’t have an easy start in life. I was the youngest of 10 children, and we were all taken…

I have two adult sons. One of them is an addict – that’s what’s brought me to Carers Leeds

I’m a writer, an astrologer, a mother… and a carer. Carers all have different experiences, and no two carers are

Rachael and her caring situation. On the outside I’m an ordinary 55-year-old woman, with a professional career. Behind the scenes

Kiran’s Story I cared for both parents for 5 years. Dad 93 with Alzheimer’s and a frail 91 year old

Audrey, Brian and Dementia. Audrey & I met in November 1960. I was eighteen, she was nineteen. We married on

A poem for Carers Week 2024. It is Carers Week this week Today I joined bereaved carers outing in Tropical

I care for family members, and I’ve been claiming Carers Allowance for a few years. In early 2023, out of

My mother was a busy person. Her generation went through the war and she knew what it was like to

1 2 >