Caring: The 2.6 million unpaid carers in - If every carer in lay head to toe they would stretch from to 40.9 billion annual replacement value of care More than the collective box office – takings of the 30 highest grossing films of all time 1.32 billion hours of unpaid care provided each year 1.32 billion hours = more than – 150 000 years (150 000 years ago we were cavement) 40 hours average per week spent caring That’s a full-time job. Only unlike, say, an – accountant, carers get no superannuation, annual leave or other entitlement. 520 000 carers are over 65 More than the number of hands the Queen has shaken in – 60 years 300 000 carers are under the age of 24 More than the number of babies born in – every year 6.5 billion in lost productivity You could send 2 Rovers to Mars every year – Over 1.5 million working carers Three times the number of people who go to the – Royal Melbourne show.
Caring: The 2.6 million unpaid carers in - If every carer in lay head to toe they would stretch from to 40.9 billion annual replacement value of care – More than the collective box office takings of the 30 highest grossing films of all time 1.32 billion hours of unpaid care provided each year – 1.32 billion hours = more than 150 000 years (150 000 years ago we were cavement) 40 hours average per week spent caring – That’s a full-time job. Only unlike, say, an accountant, carers get no superannuation, annual leave or other entitlement. 520 000 carers are over 65 – More than the number of hands the Queen has shaken in 60 years 300 000 carers are under the age of 24 – More than the number of babies born in every year 6.5 billion in lost productivity – You could send 2 Rovers to Mars every year Over 1.5 million working carers – Three times the number of people who go to the Royal Melbourne show.