Little help for family carers suffering 'hidden harm', expert warns

Carers want to protect relatives vulnerable due to dementia, living with disabilities or suffering mental ill-health. 

Some family carers suffer “hidden harm” including being hit, threatened with knives, or emotionally abused, but there is little help available, a social work expert has warned.

This is not widely known as carers want to protect relatives vulnerable due to dementia, living with disabilities or suffering mental ill-health.