title: 'we get the care that we pay for'.
abstract: The financial difficulties faced by the Southern Cross care homes group raise questions about the stability of the long-term care model. Since the late 1980s, long-stay hospitals have closed and the care of older people has been taken up mostly by the private sector.
authors.affiliation: For the Registered Nursing Home Association.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Makin