This blog discusses the loneliness and isolation experienced by an often-invisible community; those who are unpaid carers and look after loved ones who are incapacitated through illness and issues of mental/physical health. There is a very large hidden community of unpaid carers in the UK, a community that is growing and which takes a huge burden off the National Health Service and Care Industry. We must understand their loneliness and support them more.
Richard Gettings (Wed,) studied this question.