New research, conducted by Mobilise and the Universities of Liverpool and Sheffield, highlights the challenges carers are facing during the COVID-19 lockdown and what they are doing to combat them.
There are millions of unpaid, informal carers in the UK currently looking after somebody vulnerable, keeping them well and out of hospital. However, the COVID-19 lockdown has severely disrupted carers’ sense of control and autonomy. As a result, a growing number of carers are going online for support.
Mobilise, a UK organisation that helps people access the support they need to look after their loved ones, has been supporting carers with a daily ‘Virtual Cuppa’ since the UK Government enforced a national lockdown on 23rd March 2020. Facilitated by a…
