A cap on care home costs would remove the “catastrophic risk facing us all”, the economist who carried out a landmark review of the issue has said. Sir Andrew Dilnot
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Labour has accused the Government of pressing on with its so-called “dementia tax” reforms after a minister said taxpayers should not be “propping up” people to keep their own homes
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Families are “missing out” on specialist end-of-life care as two in five people are unaware that most hospice services are provided for free, a charity has said. Only 57% of
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The care home market may not have enough places to help elderly people in need by the end of this Parliament, new research suggests. Almost nine in 10 councils across
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We all need extra help and assistance sometimes, whether we have an illness or are just getting older. The UK population is living longer than ever before. According to the
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Creative arts can delight and inspire residents who live in care homes. A new useful online resource offers practical guidance on how to engage residents in creative arts, such as
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The health watchdog issued warnings and suspensions to adult care homes offering poor or unsafe care at the rate of four a day over a year-long period, a report said.
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A care home for older people near Oban has been told to make urgent improvements in the care provided to vulnerable residents. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement
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The closing date to apply for a place on the Step up to Management programme has been extended to 13 October 2017. Step up to Management is an exciting new learning
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Residential child care worker, Martyn Parry Owen, from Caernarfon, has been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers after a Social Care Wales hearing found his fitness to practise
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