this, along with elderly care, and along with child care, or indeed any kind of care, seems to be the culmination of a collision between feminism, capitalism and profit.
Much care in the past fell, unpaid, onto women.
Women looked after kids, they looked after their, and their partners. elderly relatives, and often if they didnt like the idea of their disabled child or relative being sent off to an institution, they looked after them too.
All unpaid, and quite often unrecognised or valued, especially by the community or government.
But times changed and with women rightfully having more control over their pregnancies and careers, the goalposts of house ownership shifted, and mortgages were now based on two people working, and house prices rose. Leaving nobody home to do the caring, even if they wanted to.
Then care, along with elements of the NHS, was privatised, so profit became the driving force. Prices went up and up, and with any resource that is necessary, and paid for by councils, they were over a barrel for paying (I believe there is a scandal in waiting over the prices charged by private companies for children's home provision - pretty much a licence to print money)
The whole system has shifted and warped. And is beyond broken.