THE operator of a Poole care home has been told to take immediate action after inspectors identified a number of concerns.

A West Midlands consortium is hoping to improve residents’ health by rolling out a confidence and wellbeing programme

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and Alzheimer’s Disease International have published a report on the challenges that dementia onset presents worldwide, hoping to convince world leaders to support research and investment in appropriate health and social care provision.

January 2012 saw the highest ever number of care applications recorded in an individual month and professionals say the pressure is mounting

In his final blog as president of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Peter Hay has insisted that the recommendations of the Dilnot Commission to reform care are sound and should be adopted.

Guernsey family doctors have referred more than 800 people to a pilot counselling scheme in the seven months since it began.

A WOMAN reported being sexually abused as a child when she allegedly saw the man involved driving a nursery minibus more than 20 years later, a court heard.