Your Voice, Your Vote: ‘Adult social crisis is waiting to happen’

She looks after her 64-year-old mother who has Multiple System Atrophy, a rare brain condition with no cure which effectively leaves a person with it trapped in a body which is slowly shutting down.

Her mum requires carers twice a day as well as her daughter as an unpaid carer who says she has to fit it in alongside her full-time job.

Meanwhile, her 91-year-old grandmother, who has dementia, has to be looked after in a care home, she adds.

Between them, Ms Roberts-Carey, who lives in the West Midlands, said they spent more than £8,000 on care and were told they must each spend £100,000 of savings before they were able to claim any financial help for care.

“At the moment, my mum is short of £2,000 every month after her pension and benefits go straight to care, so her savings make up the difference until they run out,” she said.

“There is a crisis waiting to happen with adult social care.”