Plans to close four care homes and day centres run by Leeds City Council have been approved by the authority amid protests by campaigners to save them. Residents at Amberton

ONE county care home was among more than 800 nationally threatened with closure in the last year unless they improved. Coxwell Hall and Mews Nursing Home, in Faringdon, was heavily

Some two million elderly people have been forced to dip into their savings to pay for care costs, a survey by a national insurance company has revealed. Research undertaken for

There are worries that elderly people dependent on home care provided by council staff could face being put to bed at 6.30pm as a result of spending cuts Rhondda Cynon

A nursery worker has been suspended after allegations of assault on a four-year-old boy. The incidents are said to have taken place at YMCA Swanscombe Children’s Centre Pre School and

Communities need to look after people with dementia because too often they feel trapped and cut off from everyday local life, a charity says. One in three people over the

Staff at a social care community interest company in Greater Manchester went on strike for five days last week in their fifth bout of industrial action against changes to pay

More than a quarter of all UK care workers may be paid less than the minimum wage, according to the findings of a Resolution Foundation study. In its report ‘Does

Recruitment and retention of social workers remain a challenge for Kent County Council despite “golden hellos” on offer worth £2,000, according to Ofsted inspectors. Attracting sufficient full-time permanent social workers

THE politician at one of Yorkshire’s largest councils who is charged with overseeing social care budgets has admitted the authority is being forced to radically overhaul the service to cope