ROGER CLOUGH is Emeritus Professor of Social Care at Lancaster University, UK. Now an independent researcher, he has written extensively on ageing, residential homes, inspection and abuse. His previous publications include The Practice of Residential Work. MARY LEAMY is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Teesside, UK VINCE MILLER is Lecturer in Sociology, University of Kent, UK LES BRIGHT has worked for voluntary organisations and social services. He is now an independent consultant specialising in older people's issues. All four authors (with L Brooks) have written Homing in on Housing.