Planning permission has been lodged for an extension to a dementia care unit in Malvern. Friends of the Elderly want to build a 24-bedroom two-storey building to extend its current facilities.

A 65-year-old woman who works at a children’s centre has been arrested by police on suspicion of producing Class A drugs.

The father of two children killed by their paranoid schizophrenic mother today condemned a new report into their deaths as ‘scandalous’.

Millions of workers who look after sick, disabled and elderly relatives could be able to demand flexible hours after a landmark legal judgement.
 

Under new government regulations, trained and supervised 16–18 year olds will be allowed to provide personal care.

The leading learning disability charity in the UK has announced the appointment of its new chief executive.

Social services failed to recognise the risk posed by a mentally ill woman who killed her two children after being allowed unsupervised access, an inquiry has found.

Two workers at a Nottingham care home have been arrested on suspicion of assaulting elderly residents. Police confirmed they were investigating the treatment of residents at the privately-run Chester House in Sherwood Rise.

PLANS to transform a former Liskeard hospital into a care village for older people have been given the green light.

Young people who carry knives will be made to visit hospitals where stabbing victims are treated, in a bid to shock them into changing their behaviour.