Caring in Ireland

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The Carers Association was founded in 1987 to represent family carers and advocate for carers rights in Ireland. The national census of 2006 shows that there are 160,917 people who stated that they are carers and almost 41,000 of these carers are providing 43 or more hours of care each week. We estimate that carers provide 194 million hours of care a year to the value of about 2.5 billion Euros to the economy. Approximately 33,000 fulltime carers qualify for the Carers Allowance from the government. This Allowance is means tested. The government has committed to developing a National Carers Strategy by the middle of this year 2008. Further information is available on web site at http://carersirealnd.com/

See also: Caregivers, Carers rights movement, and Caregiving and dementia