Voices: ‘We are keeping people alive longer, not living longer’: Readers on the true cost of caring for a loved one

Andy Burnham's social care pledge may cost £21billion more than expected, an analysis of his flagship policy has revealed.

As Andy Burnham vows to overhaul social care, our readers shared the raw reality of caring for a loved one, from the exhausting grind of professional care work to a devastating account of watching a wife decline, day after day, in a care home