Southern Cross - Saints or Sinners?

[Dog]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1394118/Southern-Cross-predators-Blackstone-sold-300-care-homes-RBS.html

Aledgedly asset stripping has been the get rich quick scheme for the men in suits for some years, the bankers jumped firmly on the bandwagon and exploited the system and now perhaps conspire to milk even more from the lax system run by HM Government UK.

[Val_2]

Worries me because my mum is in a private owned care home that has many on it's portfolio in the region.They are closely tied in with the local social services and council though, so perhaps that maybe enough to protect those particular homes. Its time the government stepped in to protect people and jobs and not let these fat cats strip all the assets for years until they are discovered. Profit is one thing, personal gain through the misery of elderly and infirm people and their families is another. Whenyou consider how much they charge per week which is approx £800 for my mum and for that,we cannot work out what it goes on because they are short staffed anyway and most of the patients are either in their rooms all day or in bed and they don't eat a great deal.