In 2017, the first nursing homes in England and Wales welcomed young orphaned children for a few hours each day. Since 1976, when a nursery school and care home were merged in Tokyo, this practice of intergenerational care has been introduced in several countries, and promoted in 2017 with the UK with the Channel 4 series “Old People’s Home for 4-Year-Olds”. The same year it was released, the intergenerational care home Nightingale House in Wandsworth set up a nursery on the same site as its nursing home.

The media commenting on an individual or organisation’s actions and character is an unexceptional occurrence. However, it becomes problematic when they assert their opinions, and project their bias, to the detriment of the relevant party’s reputation.