It is indeed very very sad.
As a former foster carer and my partner is a social worker, please don't denigrate the profession. If a child decides to leave where they are you can't physically stop them, all you can do is phone the police and it becomes their job. Looked after children are just that, usually very well looked after. So hands on supervision is really hands off supervision. It's incredibly sad he died, and maybe he wasn't looking after himself well.
A reclusive family friend lost his leg below the knee due to diabetes, after depression and self-neglect following the death of his mother. But then he also got the help he needed, anti-depressants, and a place in an assisted living home. He's loving life now, has gotten in pretty good shape for an older guy, and is running the social activities at the home. It's never too late to turn things around, until it's really too late.
