Councils are putting the human rights of elderly residents at risk by excessively cutting the wages of home carers, regulators have said. Home care commissioning practices are currently ‘unsustainable’ and

The Isle of Wight Council’s social care director will leave the authority at the end of the month. Ian Anderson, strategic director for community wellbeing and social care, will not

A new nationwide doorstep crime initiative has been launched after a successful pilot in Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire’s Operation REPEAT trains professionals and carers of elderly people what to look for and

Relatives of frail and elderly residents of a Cheltenham nursing home have been left shocked after it was announced the place they expected to live out their days would close.

A care service in Sheffield which looks after the elderly and disabled has been given an official warning after inspectors discovered poor standards. The Care Quality Commission health watchdog has

Two thirds of councils are commissioning 15-minute care visits for disabled residents despite concerns about their appropriateness, a charity has warned. The proportion of ‘flying’ care visits lasting 15 minutes

In the last year there has been a 28.4 per cent increase in alerts made to councils about abuse to older people, fuelling worries about abuse in the UK. The

Councils are abusing elderly people’s human rights by forcing down the price they pay agencies to provide care in their homes, the UK’s official equalities watchdog has warned. In a

Reform to the pension system could help people meet the future cost of adult social care, a new report has suggested. In Sickness and in Health: Reforming Pensions and Social

A Cafcass pilot in Warwickshire and Coventry that introduced Family Court Advisors (FCA) at pre-proceedings stage has made significant reductions in the number of cases reaching court and reduced the