title: Facing the future Facing the Future Oliver Valins Institute for Jewish Policy Research Tel 020 7935 8266 246pp £10 0 901113 29 8 0901113298.
abstract: This is not just a book for the Jewish community. Facing the Future is a worthwhile read for anybody who is concerned with the provision of long-term care. This is a well researched and sensitive book packed with statistical and sociological information about care homes in general. The section on choosing a home highlights the trauma of a situation that is all too easy for professionals to take for granted. Relatives interviewed spoke of the difficulty in knowing what to look for, how to 'judge kindness' and of the terrible sense of responsibility at having to choose a home for somebody else.