I'm 47 and female and though I didn't really think of myself as a carer until recently it was pointed out to me I have been caring for mum in some increasing capacity for over a year. Mum has been having memory problems for the last couple of years and gradually I have took on more, visited more, increased daily phone calls, kept track of hospital appointments, done eye drops each time had her cataracts done, done tablets when she had them, took all things need and visited whenever ill, kept track of and paid bills, and all her paperwork, remind her of other appointments and events, arranged any repairs to her home, with help of hubby done any minor repairs/diy, dealt with rent increases and benefits, take her shopping and check what needs and tell her what to buy and where to find it in shop, told her what day it is and what to eat and how long to cook things for, when to wash her hair, and do household jobs and often help her with them if she actually did them or let me and lots of other little things though I never thought as that as me being a carer. Even when mum was calling a dozen times a day and when I was visiting for most of every day and making mums meals, took mum to stay with us a couple of times after late night early morning panic calls, I still didn't think I was a carer. But after another paniced early moning call I've now been staying at mums for 5 weeks and as we also finally got mum to gps and memory clinic I've been called mums carer by many of them and told thats what I've been for mum for over a year.
Anyway point of my ramble was to say that I fitted the age in that report.