Alisoun Milne is Professor Emerita of Social Gerontology and Social Work at the University of Kent, UK. She has been involved in work on family caring for over twenty years; this included being a member of the independent advisory committee, the Standing Commission on Carers. Alisoun has written widely on care and caring issues and is embedded in national and international care related research and practice networks.Mary Larkin is Professor of Care, Carers and Caring at the Open University, UK. She has extensive experience of carer research and working with carers and carers organisations. Not only does she publish widely but her expertise in family caring has led to her membership of national and international bodies, committees, and commissions.

Family Carers and Caring makes a major contribution to current debates about the future of care in the UK. The authors offer strategic analysis, creative forward thinking and a new understanding of what family care and support could look like.

• Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Profile of Family Caring in the UK: Patterns and Trends Chapter 3. Impact and Consequences of Caring on Carers Chapter 4. Supporting Carers Chapter 5. Conceptualising and Understanding Care and Caring Chapter 6. Social Justice, Social Citizenship and Rights for Carer Chapter 7. Final Reflections: Looking Forward

Alisoun Milne is Professor Emerita of Social Gerontology and Social Work at the University of Kent, UK. She has been involved in work on family caring for over twenty years; this included being a member of the independent advisory committee, the Standing Commission on Carers. Alisoun has written widely on care and caring issues and is embedded in national and international care related research and practice networks.Mary Larkin is Professor of Care, Carers and Caring at the Open University, UK. She has extensive experience of carer research and working with carers and carers organisations. Not only does she publish widely but her expertise in family caring has led to her membership of national and international bodies, committees, and commissions.

Family Carers and Caring makes a major contribution to current debates about the future of care in the UK. The authors offer strategic analysis, creative forward thinking and a new understanding of what family care and support could look like.

• Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Profile of Family Caring in the UK: Patterns and Trends Chapter 3. Impact and Consequences of Caring on Carers Chapter 4. Supporting Carers Chapter 5. Conceptualising and Understanding Care and Caring Chapter 6. Social Justice, Social Citizenship and Rights for Carer Chapter 7. Final Reflections: Looking Forward

Alisoun Milne is Professor Emerita of Social Gerontology and Social Work at the University of Kent, UK. She has been involved in work on family caring for over twenty years; this included being a member of the independent advisory committee, the Standing Commission on Carers. Alisoun has written widely on care and caring issues and is embedded in national and international care related research and practice networks.Mary Larkin is Professor of Care, Carers and Caring at the Open University, UK. She has extensive experience of carer research and working with carers and carers organisations. Not only does she publish widely but her expertise in family caring has led to her membership of national and international bodies, committees, and commissions.

Family Carers and Caring makes a major contribution to current debates about the future of care in the UK. The authors offer strategic analysis, creative forward thinking and a new understanding of what family care and support could look like.

• Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Profile of Family Caring in the UK: Patterns and Trends Chapter 3. Impact and Consequences of Caring on Carers Chapter 4. Supporting Carers Chapter 5. Conceptualising and Understanding Care and Caring Chapter 6. Social Justice, Social Citizenship and Rights for Carer Chapter 7. Final Reflections: Looking Forward