The care gap is how the care floor acts when human presence is short. Money cannot conjure caregivers, so the same independent bodies that measure care capacity publish where care is falling short of need.
When the gap opens, the response runs in order: raise commission pay for care until people come, free caregivers’ time by giving machines the lifting and monitoring, pay families who already give care, open training paths, and protect caregivers with respite and limits on hours. Care is never compelled. If it is still short, it is allocated openly by need and urgency, never by worth. See how contribution gets paid.
The care adjustment is directed by the person who needs care, and family care is recognized at a flat rate, never logged by the hour.