A CARE firm is taking on 100 new staff after securing major contracts to provide support in people’s homes. Abacare Care Agency in Colwyn Bay is recruiting domiciliary and live-in

Families at the centre of the UK’s biggest investigation into neglect in nursing homes are calling for justice after the case collapsed. Operation Jasmine spent seven years collecting evidence in

HELPING more people live at home in their later years is at the centre of how Swansea Council wants to deliver social care. The authority says it is starting to

Social workers in Wales have received a funding boost to the tune of £8 million to improve training standards across the sector. The Welsh government has provided the cash injection

A PROBE is being launched today to find out what it is like to live in the nation’s care homes. The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales Sarah Rochira is to

Older people in care homes are to be asked about the quality of care they receive in a new review. Sarah Rochira, the older people’s commissioner for Wales, says she

The family of a disabled 10-year-old have won their fight for extra funding to care for her at home. Tymandra Blewett-Silcock and Craig Blewett, from Machen in Caerphilly, asked the

CONSTRUCTION of a new £13 million residential care complex for the elderly in Carmarthen has finally started. The Argel home in Johnstown is being demolished and replaced by a four-storey

Older people’s strategy launched as figures show Wales already has a higher proportion of people of state pension age than any other part of the UK The Welsh Government has

The Prince’s Trust Cymru runs Truth about Youth in partnership in Wales to challenge the negative stereotypes of young people and bring young and older people together through a wide