There has been a great deal of interest in the media in a small start up
company called Care Rooms, which has been developing an idea in which
people would rent out their spare room to the NHS, for use by older
people who are well enough to leave hospital but not well enough to
return home.
Alex’s blog offers a timely reminder of the 40 years it has taken to grow ‘shared lives’ from adult placements (or foster a granny as the media branded it last century) to the safe and caring service it is today. He asks:
Why would people who are well enough to leave hospital want to be a
lodger in a stranger’s spare room eating microwaved meals, rather than
going home?
https://alexfoxblog.wordpress.com/author/alexfoxblog/
