Elderly people 'auctioned off' to care homes by Kent County Council | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
An ebay-style auction site is being used to place elderly people in residential care by KCC, KentOnline can reveal. 

When an elderly person needs to go into a care, council-approved homes are invited to participate in a timed, online auction, in which managers bid against each other to secure the 'contract'.