One of the saddest events to occur in any care home is when a resident has used all available savings and no longer has access to finance that would enable them to continue living in the home they have come to love.

As the gap widens between the rising cost of care received and the amount that Social Services is prepared to fund, there are important decisions to be made.

The final sanction is to remove the older person from the care home and place them in cheaper accommodation sometimes hundreds of miles from their family and friends.