My dad had dementia. By the end he was in a wheelchair. The house had to change to keep him at home. Ramps. A wet room. Hoists. Doorways widened. Every trip out planned to the minute, or we couldn't go. When he passed, my mum didn't know what to do with herself. She'd been his full-time carer for years. It had become her whole shape. I watched what looking after a vulnerable person does to a family. And I watched what losing that role does to the person doing it. I was also close to my friend's daughter. She used a wheelchair too. But she was the most alive person in the room. She wanted a degree. She wanted independence. She wanted to live, work, study, date, argue, build, the same as anyone else, just in a house that fit her body. That's the gap. There are hundreds of thousands of people in this country who want full lives. There are families holding them together with both hands. And there is a property market that was not built for either of them. I started Care Property Hub because the supply side and the demand side keep missing each other, and the people in the middle of that mismatch pay for it. Vulnerable adults. Children. Carers. Families like mine. What I do now sounds small from the outside. I match landlords with care providers. I unblock supported living deals. I run a network where the people who own the buildings can find the people who need them, on terms that hold for years instead of months. But the satisfaction I get from one good match isn't about the rent. It's about the family on the other side of it who will sleep a bit easier this year. That's why I'm here. If you're a landlord or provider in this sector, you already know the work matters. This is your reminder that the people on the receiving end are someone's dad, someone's daughter, someone's mum. Build accordingly. #SupportedLiving #Carers #FounderStory

Posted by Nisha Patel at 2026-05-25 09:17:03 UTC