The vilification of social workers after the death of Baby P shows the public ignorance of the challenges they face…

A NURSE who failed to keep track of medication for elderly residents has been struck off. Gary Partington, 48, of Ormskirk, was found unfit to practice by the Nursing and Midwifery Council because of misconduct.

A small number of children, some as young as 14, are known to regularly walk out of care homes to sell themselves.

Plans to develop a dementia care unit at a Southcote home were given the go ahead in principle by councillors on Monday.

Bosses at a Berkshire university will decide later whether to close its School of Health and Social Care.

Trusting families are being forced to leave their loved ones in the hands of unqualified staff in many UK care homes.

A care home is to be investigated after claims residents were neglected and mistreated. Merton Council has suspended placements at the privately run Eltandia Hall, Middle Way, Norbury, and has threatened to remove older people already there if the centre does not improve.

A new report by healthcare market analyst Laing & Buisson has found that only 57 per cent of dementia sufferers are receiving care from trained specialists, and the Alzheimer’s Society has repeated calls for person-centred

THE closure of a Mackworth care home has been approved by councillors despite its residents and their relatives being unanimously opposed.

The credit crunch is putting further pressure on councils’ ability to provide thousands of pounds in loans to help elderly people pay care home fees without selling their own properties.