Compassion, care and reconstruction

摘要

Since the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much debate, and many intelligent articles written, about the need to properly fund social care. There has been a similar amount of discussion on ensuring parity for social care and the need to reform social care, among many other things. As the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) said, social care is not 'a problem that needs fixing' - but there is an opportunity to reset and reimagine using COVID-19 as the catalyst. The presenting narrative about adult social care cannot be argued with or denied; it's not even new, it has simply been ignored.