THE son of a woman who was forced out of the care home at which she was living has praised the dedication of staff who worked to look after residents on a voluntary basis.

A PROJECT aimed at understanding and improving the care and treatment of mental health in Wales says it has recruited its first 100 volunteers.

Elderly people in Wales may be able to stay living in their own homes for longer, after £4.67m in funding has been awarded to Care & Repair services across Wales by the Welsh Government.

A CARE home near Carmarthen has been forced to close after a court ruled its residents could be at risk.

THERE has been an improvement in the way Carmarthenshire Council deals with the resolution of social care complaints, according to inspectors.

THE director of the Royal National Institute for the Blind Cymru has been named the new Older People’s Commissioner for Wales.

THE whistleblower whose concerns lifted the lid on some poor practices in adult social services is worried not enough has been done to correct the problems.

THE owner of a care home who experimented with alternative therapies sparked worries she was “out of her level of competency” after allegedly disposing of tissue from a patient’s wound in a general waste bin.

A film warning of the dangers of child sexual exploitation has been made by young people using money confiscated from a convicted sex offender.

Social workers and students at BASW Cymru’s WSWD event in Cardiff Bay have heard how the increasingly widespread problem of human trafficking can only be tackled by integrated thinking and a detailed understanding of the culture that surrounds it.