
“My husband had early onset dementia in his 60s. I cared for him for ten years until he died … when I was 70. The loss felt more intense to me as a carer”.
Older women are much more likely than older men to have unpaid caring responsibilities – for partners, grandchildren, dependent adult children and sometimes for their own elderly parents too.
“My husband had early onset dementia in his 60s. I cared for him for ten years until he died … when I was 70. The loss felt more intense to me as a carer”.