Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
something always doesn't seem to add up with care in this country. the costs are always eye watering. thousands per week. that can wipe through a value of a house in a couple of years.
yet at the same time there is no money to pay the carers adequately, they are hugely stressed and leaving the industry in droves.

where does it all go?

I don't know how to address it but the current system is completely broken.
someone who is really rich, can afford to pay for their care in old age from pensions and investments or rental income that they don't need to work for, so their house isn't touched.
whereas many other people will end up losing everything they e ever saved to pay for their last few years.
If social care was brought under direct control of NHS and local authorities then that would be a start .....better wages , secure employment , workers rights .......but for many years thanks to thatcher private companies bid for care packages from local councils

They treat the staff like shit and pay them shit ........and therfore the standard of care is shit

Yet the private companies roll more and more money in , year in year out

And anyone who thinks the care staff looking after their loved ones in a nice home are on good wages ........don't be mistaken

The owners of these care homes ?

Minted