You're right that most care, though by no means all, residential or at home, is provided by the private sector, but the funding is almost all public. There are people paying £3k a month from their own pocket, but not many. Yes there should be a mechanism, public ownership for a start. And voting for a party that would do that would indeed help. My question to raven was why aren't there more posts on here about their situation, but thanks for your answer, every little helps.Well the obvious point is that most care homes are private and the government doesn't control their wages. Personally I'd be all in favour of it but I don't know what the mechanism to improve their pay would be (presumably voting for a party that gives the slightest shit about workers' rights would help).