An older people’s charity has called for “radical reform” to tackle what it calls a growing care crisis facing the elderly, their families and carers.

There is a broad consensus, which includes the government, that the present system of social care funding is untenable. Yet with the publication of the green paper expected next week, there is little agreement or clarity about how social care should be funded for the future, with minimal evidence-based discussion about what will actually work. Instead, the preoccupation remains with satisfying short-term political and economic considerations.

A care home in Northampton has shut following “significant concerns” about the level of nursing care being offered to its elderly residents.

A former resident of Haut de la Garenne was spared jail today for sexually abusing other boys at the Jersey care home. Michael Aubin, 46, who was born in Jersey and lives in Southampton, carried out the attacks while he lived at the home in the 1970s.

Almost 200 men and women running Birmingham City Council’s old people’s homes are to be made redundant. Council leaders admit that the decision is a sign of things to come, as the impact of a social services modernisation programme becomes clear.

Skills for Care and Jobcentre Plus joined forces at a national conference designed to help more unemployed people find jobs in the adult social care sector.

A NEW £500,000 children’s centre providing a range of services to local families was opened by Christine Russell, MP for the City of Chester, on Friday.

A former cleaner will be sentenced today for sexually abusing boys at the Jersey care home Haut de la Garenne. Michael Aubin, who was born in Jersey and lives in St Denys, Southampton, carried out the attacks while he was a resident at the home in the 1970s.

Disgraced child protection manager Lynda Barnes says her life is in tatters after being named in a hard-hitting court ruling criticising council chiefs in Bath.

University leavers looking to find a graduate job in the social care industry of the public sector may be interested in working for their local council.