SELFLESS Island carer, Daphne Hayles, who dedicated her whole life to caring for others, has died aged 74. From a young age, she became a home carer for her parents, Horace and Alice Percival. She supported them with their long-term illnesses and disabilities throughout their lives. Moving from Lancashire to the Isle of Wight in the 1960s, her selfless origins formed the basis of a lifetime spent working in the care industry. She cared for people on a local level as district community carer, and also as a home carer, looking after people with both physical and mental disabilities at the Leonard Cheshire Home.