A Sheffield Hallam University hospitality expert is on a mission to improve food and drinks for dementia patients living in care homes in the UK. Norman Dinsdale, a former chef
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European care workers must be able to continue to come to the UK to work after Brexit, a leading charity for older people has urged ministers. Age UK said the
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More than half of care homes for adults and older people plus care at home services have vacancies, a new report indicates. The joint report from the Care Inspectorate and
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The Care Inspectorate and the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) have published new figures on the levels of staff vacancies in Scotland’s social care services. This report provides a national
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A “vulnerable” former carer has been cleared of a sex attack on an elderly dementia patient after more than 10 years spent protesting his innocence. Gareth William Jones was jailed
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Reforms to make it simpler for care homes and hospitals to hold vulnerable people who cannot consent to treatment or care have cleared their first Commons hurdle – despite cross-party
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More than 4.3 million elderly people are at risk of being without care because of where they live, new research has suggested. Just one in five local areas in the
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A seaside nursing home has said it is “utterly shocked” after the suspected murder of an elderly woman. The 79-year-old woman suffered fatal injuries at Langley Lodge Nursing Home in
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A man has been charged with the murder of a 79-year-old woman at a seaside nursing home. June Knight suffered fatal injuries at Langley Lodge Nursing Home in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex,
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of an elderly relative at a seaside care home in Essex, police said. The man, 52, was arrested at the
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