A man in Triolet stopped washing every day rather than let his daughter help him. He would tell you he is independent. He has also not seen his friends since March. What independence actually means in later life, and why help can return it rather than take it.

Two weeks after her mother fell, the family had decided on live-in care. What she actually needed was help three mornings a week. How to work out how much care your parent needs, and why families get it wrong in both directions.

At eleven at night, a woman in London searches for how to arrange care for her mother in Goodlands. The first result tells her to contact her local council. Six ways advice written for other countries does not apply here, and why we wrote our own.