An inquest is due to begin into the unexplained deaths of 19 elderly residents who were staying at a care home in West Sussex. The now-defunct Orchid View nursing home

A County Durham accountant at a national care home firm stole £184,000 from dead residents’ bank accounts after he developed a cocaine addiction to deal with the stress of the

DISABLED residents who have lived in a Roseland care facility for up to 30 years will have to find new homes when the service closes next spring. Waterloo House, a

A lack of adult social care places is one of the key reasons why pressure on NHS accident and emergency services has increased, senior health service managers have said in

The number of blind people getting help from councils has dropped by over 40% in England in six years, data shows. The analysis by the Royal National Institute of Blind

David Pearson of Nottinghamshire County Council has been elected as the new vice-president of the Association for Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS.) In his new role he will become

Former care minister Paul Burstow has called for the creation of an older people’s commissioner in England to represent the views of pensioners to government and encourage ministers to do

A care provider criticised since taking over services in an area of Norfolk has brought in staff from around the UK in an attempt to improve standards. Care UK took

MORE than 1,300 cases of adult abuse have been reported in Worcestershire over the past year, it has emerged. In many cases, the abuse is perpetrated by the victim’s close

Plans to close four care homes and day centres run by Leeds City Council have been approved by the authority amid protests by campaigners to save them. Residents at Amberton