Marianne Talbot: a personal account of caring

Marianne Talbot gives a personal and moving account of the challenges she faced while caring for her mother, as part of our Beyond Dilnot conference.

More on social care reform

Read our briefing on the Dilnot Commission report on social care
Read Richard Humphries' blog: Dithering on Dilnot?
This was part of the 2012 conference: Social care reform – where next? which brought together key policy designers and decision-makers to discuss the implications of the care and support White Paper and explore the future of social care reform

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