dawntreader, you asked me how she had 20 carers, and how it could be afforded on the NHS. her foster mum/primary carer had set up a trust to look after her, which i assume accepts charitable donations and/or voluntary work by the carers, but i'm not sure. how she managed to acquire 20 of them wasn't explained, it was a team of them, i'm pretty sure they were on rotation, but it didn't really explain.

what it did say was that keeping her at home with carers cost the local nhs authority £500,000 per year. which is obviously a lot more than it would cost to keep her in an institution. many people i know were quite shocked by that and supposed she ought to be in an institution, but having been in an institution myself i disagree. i think being treated at home is very important.