[Doug]

I’ve worked in them over the years and I’ve met some wonderful and caring people, unfortunately I’ve also met some real ********. There's a very fine line between caring and abusing and quite often people slip through the net of checks that are in force and go on to make peoples life miserable.

Other elements that go on the make life grim for people living in some care homes is the lack of relevant training for staff and managers, poor house keeping, stinking of pee, poor nutrition and looking like the cast of a homeless drama and sat round the edges of the day rooms etc, are all of the negatives that people fear.

Fortunately the vast majority of care homes safeguard those in their care and there are some very pleasant places. Would I place a relative in one? No.