Nothing new under the sun.

I get rather annoyed when old ideas are rolled out and presented as something new and innovative. The Government has trumpeted a new initiative to provide "extra care" housing for the elderly as an alternative for those who might otherwise have to go into residential care - the idea being that these will be small properties which can be rented, and there will be care and support services available on site. Good idea - but not new. My grandmother - not the one I am always talking about, this is my father's mother - lived for a time in exactly this sort of set-up, and this must have been some fifty years ago!