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Duration: 1 hour

Businessman Sir Gerry Robinson returns in a new series in which he tries to turn around three struggling care homes.

In the next twenty years over a million Britons will have dementia, and sufferers are likely to end up in one of the country's privately run care homes. It's a huge business worth six billion pounds, largely paid for by taxation, yet a great deal of the care is woefully inadequate. Can Gerry, whose father had the disease when he died, change a culture of stagnant lounges, a lack of specialist training among staff, and a focus on keeping people alive rather than helping them to live a happy life?

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Tue 8 Dec 2009 21:00 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

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Credits

Presenter
Gerry Robinson
Producer
Colette Camden
Executive Producer
Dinah Lord

Broadcasts

  • Tue 8 Dec 2009 21:00 BBC Two except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)

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