The changes will enable full-time unpaid carers who provide care for at least 35 hours a week to earn up to £196 a week from next April without forfeiting carer's allowance benefit, currently £81.90 a week. Mary Bright, Group Head of Social Sustainability at Phoenix Group, said: "As our population ages, a rapidly growing number of people aged 40 and over are now caring for loved ones across multiple generations.