Elderly people should have to pay no more than £50,000 for care in old age, council chiefs say today as they add to the pressure on ministers to reform the system.

VULNERABLE and older people in Swadlincote are to be given more than £40,000 of support to help with their wellbeing.

A care company boss has been jailed for swindling a housebound 89-year-old woman out of thousands of pounds by using the pensioner’s bank card to play internet bingo up to seven times a day.

More than 1,000 people in Devon who receive home care could be affected by proposed cuts of £4m to social services.

A suicidal Beckley man was told by a social worker that the best thing for his depression was a brisk walk each morning.

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and The College of Social Work (TCSW) have each agreed to appoint one independent person to work together as mediators and negotiators seeking to support the organisations to reach agreement about the future structure of representation for social work and social workers.

A NEW organisation aims to give residents requiring adult social care a stronger voice and a greater choice of services.

A THEALE company has been fined £14,000 and ordered to pay £30,000 costs after it was convicted of exposing social care workers to violence and aggression.

Thousands of pounds will be spent on social care in Sutton and Merton. The total of £931,110 will allow people to leave hospital earlier and receive better care at home.