Fig. 3

Main diagnosis of the cared-for person. The bar chart in Fig. 3 shows the diagnosis of the cared for person for the 83 carers who were identified. Data were collected from the audit forms which were kept by the carer liaison in each practice. Most of the carers identified by the carer liaison were caring for someone with dementia (n = 33). Other diagnoses included auto-immune disease (n = 3), cancer (n = 13), frail older people (n = 2), heart disease (n = 5), kidney disease (n = 1), lung disease (n = 14) and neurological disease (n = 8). The category of other diagnoses included chronic alcoholism and late stage Downs Syndrome (n = 3)