Health Minister Edwin Poots and Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland today jointly opened Cedar Court sheltered housing development in Downpatrick. Cedar Court caters for frail older people and older people

THE credit crunch and revelations about paedophile Jimmy Savile have cause a spike in the numbers using a local counselling charity. Care in Crisis has had to deal with a

The Presbyterian Church’s board of social witness is to meet Health Minister Edwin Poots to discuss pressing church concerns over the care of elderly people in the community. Lindsay Conway,

A number of staff have been suspended from a Limavady care home while the police investigate an allegation of abuse of vulnerable adults. Four Seasons Healthcare – which owns Rush

The death of a man with mental health issues remains unexplained despite an extensive medical investigation, an inquest has heard. Martin Griffiths, who was originally from Londonderry but who had

Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault on an elderly woman in a nursing home in east Belfast. The alleged attack took place at Orchard House Nursing Home in Cherryvalley

A care assistant admitted failing to comply with care home policy when using specialist equipment to lift an elderly man who later died in hospital, an inquest has heard. Samuel