title: Relative values.
abstract: THE ANNUAL survey of the market in care services for older people is full of facts and reasoned opinion ( Laing & Buisson 2009 ). Most of us are unlikely to see it, as, at more than £700 a copy, it is destined for the desks of senior executives of stock market-listed companies, more interested in 'business' than care. But the projections made are likely to capture the interest of managers and practitioners in public and independent sectors whether they commission or provide services.
authors.affiliation: The relatives and Residents Association.
authors.forename: Les
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bright