How long do you expect to live? Eighty years? Ninety? Perhaps you’re hoping for the big 100? Thanks to advances in medicine, these aren’t outlandish goals – we now live longer than ever before. But while we benefit from this miracle of our modern world, there’s also a cost: older people need more care.
Already in the UK today, there are at least six million people caring for a loved one who’s long-term sick, elderly or impaired, or all three. That’s around 9% of the population. And it’s only
