A pensioner who shot his 81-year-old wife dead at a care home has been sentenced to six years in a psychiatric hospital. Ronald King, 87, formed the “settled intention” to
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An 87-year-old man is being held on suspicion of murder after a woman in her 80s died at a care home. Detectives are investigating what happened at Poppyfields care home
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More than half of people who have taken money out under pension freedoms have not planned for future care costs, a new study shows. A survey of 500 people who
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Two teenagers who found and cared for a 90-year-old dementia sufferer who had gone missing from a care home have been praised for their “outstanding act of kindness”. Hannah Wells
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A groundbreaking new app to help healthcare staff tackle antibiotic resistance has been launched in Scotland. The app, which will be rolled out nationwide, is a first for Scotland. Known
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A new film by Health Education England highlights the importance of person-centred care in enabling people in care homes to live well with dementia. The film, Finding Patience – The
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Recruitment and retention difficulties have reached a critical point within the nursing home and the social care nursing sector. Why do nurses come into the sector and what makes them
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The man suspected of carrying out a mass stabbing attack that left 19 people dead at a Japanese care home for the mentally disabled has been moved from a local
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Scotland’s care homes are being encouraged to support older people to enjoy and participate in the creative arts. That was the message from the Care Inspectorate, Scotland’s social care scrutiny
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At least 19 people have been killed and about 20 wounded in a knife attack at a centre for handicapped people near Tokyo – Japan‘s worst mass killing in generations.
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