'We feel a little forgotten': UK care system fails 93-year-old mother

Barbara MacArthur talks about the struggle of caring for her son after Guardian letter goes viralFor more than half a century, Barbara MacArthur, one of the first female police officers in south Wales, has worked countless, long, unpaid hours as a carer.In the 1960s she began looking after her ailing parents in her small terraced house in Cardiff and now, aged 93 and frail herself, she continues to care for her 66-year-old disabled son, Howard. The pair live on the cramped ground floor of the house because neither can make it up the stairs. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/30/we-feel-a-little-forgotten-uk-care-system-fails-93-year-old-mother #social_care #uk_news #coronavirus_outbreak #society