The chair of Scotland’s inquiry into coronavirus has said it will not “shy away” from making findings where the wrong decisions have been made. Lady Poole will chair the inquiry
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Thousands more terminally ill people will be able to receive vital financial support earlier under a planned rule change. The move aims to ensure those approaching the end of their
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There has been a “rapid acceleration” in the number of people dying at home in the UK, with hospices delivering almost one million “hospice-at-home” services in 2020 and 2021, a
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The care minister has declined to say whether the Government will follow Scotland’s lead in bringing in legislation enshrining the right of care home residents to receive visitors. Gillian Keegan
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One in four people with dementia experience symptoms for more than two years before they are diagnosed, according to new research. A study for the Alzheimer’s Society suggests signs of
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Millions of older people are suffering from loneliness and are cut off from the digital world, a charity has warned. The Mental Health Foundation, which surveyed more than 6,000 adults
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The Government has said it will not be appealing against a High Court ruling which stated its care home discharge policies were unlawful. Last week, the High Court ruled policies
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A former vicar who repeatedly beat a woman with a bamboo stick during a decade of “bizarre and cruel” abuse has been given an absolute discharge by a judge who
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Vulnerable people were “badly let down” and exposed to a greater risk of death as untested patients were discharged into care homes in the early period of the pandemic, bereaved
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Talking therapy may improve depression symptoms for people with dementia providing hope for a group who typically do not benefit from antidepressants, new research suggests. Dementia patients often feel anxiety
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