Family caring duties cost Britain’s families an estimated 84 million hours of weekend leisure time every week

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Brits are losing around 84 million hours of weekend leisure each week due to the burden of caring for older loved ones. That’s according to new calculations from a home care provider’s latest YouGov research.

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