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The article focuses on the nursing and old age homes in Great Britain. Both Hampshire County Council and the Department of Health put in £20 million back in autumn 2002. The Forest Court nursing home in Calmore, near Southampton, includes 80 ensuite bedrooms spread over eight wings. The number of people in Great Britain aged 65 years and over is expected to increase by 25 percent in the next decade.

The article assesses the Commission on the Funding of Care and Support, which is created in July 2010 to ascertain all sources of funding for the care of older people in Great Britain. Nurses affiliated with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) emphasize the necessity of including the views of those in their ranks who are directly involved with providing care to older people. The composition of the Commission is mentioned.

A new national service would reduce the need for nurses to carry out continuing health assessments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]