When care homes just don't care | Letter

Is it right that frail, sick and vulnerable elderly people should be used simply as profit generators for private equity companies, asks Norman EdwardsYour editorial on the failures of the privatisation of care services (7 October) rightly highlights the shameful situation that has developed for older people in residential care. The Nuffield Foundation’s research clearly shows that the increasing outsourcing of this provision is associated with lower standards of care.I have known many car