by David Niven | Apr 15, 2014 | Children, Children & Social Care
All my career I’ve had a particularly keen interest in the situation of young carers. When I came across a situation where a child was looking after an adult it always struck me as a situation full of sacrifice and possible loss of childhood. It’s all very...
by David Niven | Nov 19, 2013 | Children, Children & Social Care
Difficulties for young carers. Imagine you are a young carer and your mother with Multiple Sclerosis falls over and needs lifting and sorting. You and your brother are tired as she needed help in the night as well. Your dad left years ago and so there’s only you and...