Results from the UK’s largest survey into UK care homes show ratings of performance among both residents and their families are at their highest ever level with West Midlands homes
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GPs and health service practitioners should be able to prescribe technology such as wearable devices and monitoring systems to tackle loneliness among older people, a report has recommended. It is
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Neglect by a GP contributed to the death of an 86-year-old woman who was inadvertently given monthly doses of vitamin D tablets every day, a coroner has ruled. An inquest
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The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has published a new guide for older people and their families that provides answers to frequently asked questions about moving into and living in
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The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has issued a good practice guide which shares lessons from complaints to help adult social care providers improve their services. Based on the
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A blind 98-year-old Second World War veteran who became embroiled in a High Court battle because he wanted to leave a care facility is back at home, a judge has
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A care home manager has appeared before magistrates charged with neglecting an 87-year-old resident who later died in hospital. Catalina Ferchiu indicated that she would plead not guilty to the
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A US hedge fund has handed Britain’s biggest care homes operator Four Seasons a £40 million lifeline as it readies the group for a sale. The Press Association has learnt
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Your Action Plan is for managers or owners of care homes. It helps to build an understanding of person-centred care. You can identify and plan practical improvements that will make your home
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Dangerous signs of dehydration in elderly people are being missed by care home workers, experts say. Simple checks aimed at checking for the condition – such as sunken eyes, the
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