THE CLOSURE of four residential homes for the elderly and people with learning difficulties must be reconsidered, a panel of councillors said today.

Sixteen people were rescued after a fire broke out in a care home in south London.

New study also finds that such individuals are significantly less likely to respond to psychological or drug-based treatments

A review of standards at a Herefordshire nursing home has highlighted “major concerns” over care.

THE latest phase of a £3.1m shake-up of adult social care in Liverpool is due to be approved today.

Government pledges sufficient funds to rehouse those forced out and assist others whose homes have been damaged

Social workers responding to a recent online survey have been damning in their condemnation of Adult Services residential and nursing home care, with the majority of respondents reporting that they had witnessed instances of ‘extreme abuse’.

A social worker who was banned from practising by the General Social Care Council has won an appeal against removal from the social care register.

THE owners of a care home where inspectors found “appalling hygiene” must make immediate improvements or face further action.

A serious case review into the death of a 12-year-old autistic boy who died after his mother made him drink bleach has found social workers were intimidated by her and felt unconfident dealing with her because she was from an ethnic minority.