Mother shares challenges of being an unpaid carer for her 38-year-old son

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Tania Tillyer has spent almost all of her adult life caring for her son Lee, who is quadriplegic, has severe learning difficulties and is blind.

Health think tank - The King's Fund - has called for more support for the nation's army of unpaid carers who provide close to eight billion hours of work every year.

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