I don't want to cause a fracas, but who here would admit that they worked at a crap care home anyway?! I think like everything else, you get good and bad examples of care homes. And unfortunately, it's the bad ones that you tend to remember, and are the ones that make it into the media. My grandfather was in a care home for the last 3 years of his life, and we never had any problem with the home or it's staff. But that might just be because we were lucky and could afford to shop around for a decent home, even if it did cost a bit more. Regards Nick http://nickhough.blogspot.com