The carer who was a fake

What happens when the care you trust isn’t care at all?  <br /> <br />When Sarah Whitaker hired a live-in carer for her 89-year-old father, she thought she was securing a lifeline. What she got was a stranger who could not cook, drive, and care – because she wasn’t the carer Sarah had booked.  <br /> <br /><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/the-bizarre-story-of-a-fake-carer-and-what-it-says-about-the-uks-care-industry-13257237" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">This bizarre and troubling story</a> takes us deep into the cracks of Britain’s care industry, where an unregulated system leaves families vulnerable to shocking deceptions.  <br /> <br />Sky’s Nick Martin investigates how one family was duped out of £2,000, how they found out, and what it says about the future of "home-first" care in the UK.  <br /> <br />He joins host Niall Paterson alongside Tim Wilson, board member of the Home Care Association and managing director of Assist Care Group, a regulated home care agency, to discuss what the industry needs to do to improve. <br /> <br />Producer: Soila Apparicio<br />Additional research: Fiona Mackie <br />Editor: Philly Beaumont