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The unremitting burden on carers Probably more than one and a quarter million people in Britain care for disabled or elderly people living in the community.' Most of these people could not get by without the support of their "carers." More than 10 years ago the BMJ argued that the work of carers was not sufficiently understood or supported.2 Since theh their contribution has been better recognised and they have, indeed, become a cornerstone of government policy for "care in the community.""I Research into the experience of carers has also
Robert N. Anderson (Sat,) studied this question.