I was only 16 when I discovered how awful some 'care' homes can be. It was my first day on placement at this place, and already I'd seen some horrific abuse that I had to tell social services about. Needless to say, I didn't return. I then went to a second care home, in my own village, owned by people I know. They treated their residents equally badly, and that left a very negative view of care homes in my head. I'm now 19 and have worked in one of the best in the area since I was 17. While it's great to know that the residents in my care home are being looked after to the best of our abilities, it makes me feel absolutely terrible knowing that there are some elderly people being treated absolutely disgustingly. Whatever happened to 'treat others as you would like to be treated'?