Care, Work, Sleep, Repeat

For twenty-one year old David Matthews, life is a never-ending cycle. He cares for his mum who suffers from back problems and chronic depression. He cooks, he cleans, he does the shopping and provides emotional support. He does all this while holding down a job and thinking about his own life. Like hundreds and thousands of other young adult carers, the support he received before turning 18 largely disappeared and he found he just had to get on with it. The support available to him as an adult did not meet his needs.

Dave Howard finds out what it's like to be a young adult carer and asks if there's enough support for this group who are balancing their caring responsibilities with work or further education, and their own hopes and ambitions.

Producer: Toby Field.

Dave Howard finds out what it is like to be a young adult carer.