Care in the UK ran听 on Radio 4 throughout January. Find details and audio of programmes here.
See below for some of the season's highlights or click here for week one, here for week two, here for week three, or here to to browse our reports from week four.
The story so far鈥 (You and Yours) Peter White delves through archives to explore the history of social care. He hears from some familiar, and some rather unexpected voices. Listen again
Tony Robinson - (You and Yours) Is the way we treat the elderly one of the great social scandals of our time? The television presenter and actor Tony Robinson 鈥 perhaps best known as Baldrick in Black Adder - believes听so.
Care Homes - (Woman's Hour) Dorothy Tutin鈥檚 daughter Amanda Waring sold her flat to raise funds to make a film based on how her mother was treated in hospital. Now she is making a follow up looking at care homes.
Looking After Mum -听(You and Yours) Peter White, whose mother came to live with him when she was ill, describes 'Looking after Mum'. He considers the very personal dilemma of whether elderly parents should be 鈥減ut in a home鈥 or looked after by their children.
A personal view - (You and Yours) We asked writer and comedian Liz Carr for her very personal thoughts on being assessed for social care.
Sudden Disability - (Woman's Hour) What is it like to be on the receiving end of care, especially for a previously able-bodied person who is suddenly and unexpectedly in need of care?
Alternatives to Care - (You and Yours)Is moving into a hotel or taking a cruise a feasible alternative to care?
Juskidz Club - (Woman鈥檚 Hour) When Cathy Manley could find no appropriate local clubs or activities for her disabled son, she decided to set up her own, and to invite siblings and parents to join in too. Transcript Listen again
Individual Budgets - (You and Yours)听听Is this the short-term answer to the care crisis?听We also听identify anomalies in the current means-testing system and ask, should it be scrapped for Personal Budgets? Transcript Listen again
听Long-term care - (Moneybox Live) Radio 4鈥檚 personal finance programme looks at funding long term care. Vincent Duggleby and experts took your calls.
Telecare - (You and Yours) 听Can gadgets and technology keep people more independent for longer and if so how do they work? As Geoff Adams Spink finds out the social care robot may not be so far away.听
听Ray Gosling - (You and Yours) Broadcaster Ray Gosling reveals why moving into sheltered accommodation was the best decision he ever made. Transcript Listen again
Care Minister - (You and Yours)听Live from Broadcasting House in London the season concluded as listeners put their questions to care Minister Ivan Lewis. Transcript Listen again
Care in the UK ran听 on Radio 4 throughout January. Find details and audio of programmes here.
Peter White delves through archives to explore the history of social care. He hears from some familiar, and some rather unexpected voices.
Is the way we treat the elderly one of the great social scandals of our time? The television presenter and actor Tony Robinson 鈥 perhaps best known as Baldrick in Black Adder - believes听so.
Dorothy Tutin鈥檚 daughter Amanda Waring sold her flat to raise funds to make a film based on how her mother was treated in hospital. Now she is making a follow up looking at care homes. 
Peter White, whose mother came to live with him when she was ill, describes 'Looking after Mum'. He considers the very personal dilemma of whether elderly parents should be 鈥減ut in a home鈥 or looked after by their children. 
We asked writer and comedian Liz Carr for her very personal thoughts on being assessed for social care. 
What is it like to be on the receiving end of care, especially for a previously able-bodied person who is suddenly and unexpectedly in need of care? 
Is moving into a hotel or taking a cruise a feasible alternative to care? 
When Cathy Manley could find no appropriate local clubs or activities for her disabled son, she decided to set up her own, and to invite siblings and parents to join in too. 
听Is this the short-term answer to the care crisis?听We also听identify anomalies in the current means-testing system and ask, should it be scrapped for Personal Budgets?
Radio 4鈥檚 personal finance programme looks at funding long term care. Vincent Duggleby and experts took your calls. 
听Can gadgets and technology keep people more independent for longer and if so how do they work? As Geoff Adams Spink finds out the social care robot may not be so far away.听
Broadcaster Ray Gosling reveals why moving into sheltered accommodation was the best decision he ever made.
Live from Broadcasting House in London the season concluded as listeners put their questions to care Minister Ivan Lewis. 