Four people charged with neglecting residents at an old people’s home have today had their case adjourned until the New Year at the request of defence lawyers.

A young man who says social workers left him to suffer at the hands of his brutal and abusive parents has launched a six figure damages claim against Doncaster Council.

The inquiry into a government decision to award the bulk of Pathways to Work contracts, worth £250m, to private firms has raised questions about the role of charities in public service provision.

Five members of staff have been suspended from their jobs at an adult day centre in Liskeard amid allegations of abuse.

All care home staff should be given mandatory training in dealing with dementia, the Alzheimer’s Society has urged, following a new study.

The National Autistic Society (Nas) is starting an online drive in a modern response to trying to deal with the discrimination that people with autism face.

People with dementia in care homes typically spend just two minutes in every six hours talking to others, according to a major report highlighting widespread failings in dementia care.

Planned legislation to reform the care system fails to ensure abused children receive vital therapy, according to a child-protection charity.

A Conduct Committee of the General Social Care Council (GSCC) on 23 November 2007 decided the case of a social worker from Leeds who was alleged to have breached the Code of Practice for Social Care Workers.

This is how Rosella Kelly looked four days after she fell at her home. Her son Paul Kelly, who released the photograph, plans legal action against the care firm he claims failed to give her proper attention.

{mosimage}He said the picture proves 77-year-old Mrs Kelly’s carer must have realised she was hurt and needed medical treatment.

Instead she was left alone at her home in Thornton until he got her to hospital.

Eight days later she died from a lung condition she already had.

Mr Kelly believes her health might not have worsened if she had had immediate medical care.

He also refuses to accept an internal inquiry by the care firm Sefton New Directions that ruled the carer had acted appropriately and within guidelines.

Bus driver Mr Kelly, from Formby, said his mother was clean-faced before the fall and, even though her eye may not have been fully blackened, the bruise to her forehead would have been obvious.

“As soon as I walked in I saw the bruise and called 999.