......says new research into the impact of elder care on women’s working lives by Dr Viv Burr and Professor Helen Colley. An ageing population means that increasing numbers of people – predominantly women – need to spend time caring for elderly relatives. These carers experience high levels of stress; and if they are also in work, their careers are affected and their employers too could suffer if they lose the services of skilled people for sustained periods. Now, two University of Huddersfield researchers have begun to investigate a topic that is of mounting social and economic significance.