[user104658]

Originally Posted by Brillopad

After our experience every member of my family has said the same. It's a very depressing picture. Like everything else in life only the very well off are the ones likely to get the kind of care they would like.

We thought that until we saw this place! It is literally one of the most expensive, 100% private, no NHS. It doesn't LOOK like any care home I've ever seen - the furniture is expensive, it has elaborately decorated dining halls and lounge rooms etc...

...but when it comes right down to it, it's all window dressing. The standards of care aren't any better than any other care home (that is to say, straight up poor). I wonder if it's inevitable. Once staff have been in the job for a while, they stop seeing the residents as human beings and start seeing them as chores.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

We thought that until we saw this place! It is literally one of the most expensive, 100% private, no NHS. It doesn't LOOK like any care home I've ever seen - the furniture is expensive, it has elaborately decorated dining halls and lounge rooms etc...

...but when it comes right down to it, it's all window dressing. The standards of care aren't any better than any other care home (that is to say, straight up poor). I wonder if it's inevitable. Once staff have been in the job for a while, they stop seeing the residents as human beings and start seeing them as chores.

We have plenty of those - the CCG refer to them as 'gold tap' homes - can cost 1500-2000 a week and upwards. Saw some good looking homes, but never looked around the gold tappers. Should have done perhaps - curiosity.