‘We are keeping people alive longer, not living longer’: Readers on the true cost of caring for a loved one
- Posted on August 1, 2026
- By The Independent
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‘We are keeping people alive longer, not living longer’: Readers on the true cost of caring for a loved one
As Andy Burnham vows to overhaul social care, our readers shared the raw reality of caring for a loved one, from the exhausting grind of professional care work to a devastating account of watching a wife decline, day after day, in a care home