Paul Burstow, a former care minister, said that homes need
to be made “fit for the rock and roll generation”, who have been put off them
by the experience of having their parents’ generation in them. Mr Burstow will shortly announce a commission
of experts to design a new model. The commission, which is headed by thinktank
Demos and includes the heads of several major chains of homes, will examine
ideas to redesign homes totally, from the buildings to what they do. They will
also investigate the financial problems that homes are experiencing — which has
driven up costs for middle-class residents who pay their own fees. Mr Burstow
said the number of baby boomers, those born between the mid-1940s and
mid-1960s, means that if they reject homes, the burden on the NHS would become
unacceptable. Read more on the Daily Telegraph website.
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