title: Informal carers of people with dementia: the new national carers framework.
abstract: Carers of people with dementia themselves have to endure heavy physical and emotional burdens. This article examines the government's new strategy Caring About Carers (DoH 1999).
authors.affiliation: Mental Health, Anglia Polytechnic University.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D012144:Respite Care / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D006113:United Kingdom