Firefighters have discovered the body of an elderly woman following a blaze in a ground floor flat at a sheltered home. The fire at Glyn Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr in Aberystwyth,
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The great-nephew of a 93-year-old man who had almost £111,000 stolen by his carer has urged people to ask themselves if it could happen to their elderly relatives. Stephen Mullen
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A Northern Trust Social Worker who works in Ballycastle has won an award at the Northern Ireland Regional Social Work Awards 2013. Louise Pettigrew won the Newly Qualified Social Worker
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A review of the care given to a boy who killed his foster carer has found some failings but concluded her death could not have been anticipated or prevented. The
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Legislation aimed at improving the lives of children and young people is “inhibited and inward looking” and displays a reluctance to engage with international human rights, MSPs have been told.
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The umbrella group for health and care charities has criticised the government for attempting an extensive overhaul of its mandate to the health service, as NHS England pressures ministers to
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The Care Quality Commission is taking far too long to process the registration of newly appointed care home managers, according to the Registered Nursing Home Association. Frank Ursell, RNHA chief
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Care workers at Future Directions in Rochdale are continuing a ten-day strike until Saturday of this week to defend their pay, terms and conditions. Strikers are protesting that a community
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More than 22,000 children and teenagers were treated in hospital for self-harming in 2012, according to official figures which experts said showed the “toxic” effects of social media and a
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160 new jobs could be created as a new care company moves into Plymouth. The Council has awarded the Human Support Group a contract for reablement services in the city,
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