Majority of GPs admit they do not understand non-residential care services, and local authorities are not clarifying alternatives

Children England has made a series of policy suggestions it hopes will trigger debate about the role of civil society organisations.

Countries are responding in different ways to the increasing number of older people, but should we be looking closer to home? By Bob Hudson

As the number of sufferers from dementia nears a million, and drugs companies fail to find therapies that work, doctors fear services may soon become overwhelmed

EastEnders actress Pam St Clements recently told the Guardian that she preferred fostering to children’s homes.

Definition widened to include teenagers and ‘coercive control’ as survey finds young people most likely to be abused by partner