The Oldie

Who really cares?

The country and the government are much exercised, and rightly so, on the issue of social care. Our increasingly ageing population has literally nowhere to go and nobody to look after them.

Other nations – such as India, where my son lives – are astonished that we don’t revere our old people and gather them under our roofs. It occurs to me that you can chuck all the money in the world at this problem and still not find the right calibre of person to

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