Care homes -a tragedy in the making?

摘要

There is real disquiet among the care home sector about the state of fire safety law and enforcement. Graham Ellicott thinks some of their concerns need to be urgently addressed. Firstly i'll declare my interest - i'm a man of a certain age who is rushing headlong towards the twilight years of his time on this mortal coil! It was Hamlet Prince of Denmark who used the phrase: "What dreames may come, When we haue shufflel'd off this mortall c oile, Must giuevs pawse" in his famous To be ornot to be speech. For myself as shuffling time looms, I'd like to be assured that whatever residential care home I select or is picked out for me is safe in all respects, including from the fire point of view.