Little support and unbearable stress: the deadly cost facing our unpaid carers

A police officer lays a tribute at the scene of a suspected murder suicide involving a carer and disabled child (Picture: William Lailey / SWNS)In the early hours of April 22, 2014, Tania Clarence killed her three-year-old twin sons Max and Ben and her four-year-old daughter Olivia.All three had spinal muscular atrophy type 2, which caused problems with moving, eating, breathing and swallowing. Tania’s husband and their oldest daughter had been away on holiday while the ‘overwhelmed&