Although the standard of care in some residential and nursing homes is deplorable they aren't all like that. My family owns a nursing home with very high standards. The residents are well cared for, their interests, likes and dislikes are catered for and the standard of nursing is fantastic. Residents come in from the fankly crap local hospitals dosed up to the eyeballs to keep them quiet and riddled with bedsores and the nursing staff carefully and professionally wean them off the drugs and treat the bedsores. Don't judge all care homes / nursing homes by what you see in the media, nursing home bashing might be the media equivalent of this season's Prada handbag but they are like hospitals and hotels - standards vary from the the flea ridden hellhole to the 5 star.