The Carers Association

Overview of The Carers Association

When it comes to being cared-for there’s no place like home.
At any stage of life ordinary people can be visited by circumstances that require them to care for a relative: usually their spouse, parent or child. For reasons ranging from old age and frailty, diagnosis of chronic illness, an accident, or living with a physical or developmental disability, over 161,000 people in Ireland give care at home every day to somebody they love.

These people are Family Carers and they contribute more than €2.5 billion a year to Ireland’s social economy.

The Carers Association’s vision is to achieve a better quality of life for Family Carers by providing practical support, advice and training and by advocating for rights and entitlements and lobbying for Family Carers’ contribution to Irish society to be appropriately recognised.