earmarked for social care — in other words, personal and residential support for elderly and other vulnerable people. the overall cost of that has soared because as people live longer, more of them need looking after in their final days. under the current system some people end up paying tens of thousands of pounds if they are unlucky enough to need a lot of looking after. ione wells has spoken to one woman whose story illustrates how the system isn't working. its haunted successive governments, how to fix social capital thousands of people don't end up selling their homes to pay for it. sharon's mum sold her house to find her staring at a care home for dementia, but that money is now run out. i tried to be jolly — that money is now run out. i tried to be jolly and — that money is now run out. i tried to be jolly and bubbly _ that money is now run out. i tried to be jolly and bubbly when - that money is now run out. i tried i to be jolly and bubbly when i'm with to bejolly and bubbly when i'm with her because it's not for her to worry about comments for me to worry about. i will find that money. but i must admit, i will only hope that mum doesn't live too long because