A carer took advantage of a vulnerable 102-year-old woman by stealing more than £250,000 from her savings and writing herself into her will, a court has heard. Julie Sayles, 59,
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The Government is being urged to take urgent action to tackle “severe” staff shortages in residential care homes after a study found elderly and vulnerable people are being denied trips
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An elderly dementia patient had her care funding wrongly stopped by a council after a “flawed assessment” by social workers concluded she was able to manage her own finances. In
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The investigation into abuse of vulnerable adults at two care homes in Devon was launched after one of the residents contacted the authorities. The resident – known only as AC
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Thirteen directors, managers and staff at two care homes have been convicted of imprisoning disabled adults in empty rooms to punish or control them, it can be reported. An abusive
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Waiting-times targets for specialist mental health care are not being met for more than a quarter of adults and one in six youngsters, new figures have revealed. The data, which
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A vulnerable man with learning difficulties has been left “traumatised” after being punched and held at knife-point during an armed robbery in South Lanarkshire. The 32-year-old man was standing at
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A care time bomb is ticking with the number of older people affected by chronic conditions and disability set to soar in the next eight years, experts have warned. Scientists
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Conservative members of a Holyrood committee have “dissented” from an official report which claims “destitution is built into the UK asylum process”. The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee
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Theresa May’s manifesto showed the Tories had returned to being the “nasty party”, Labour said as it warned 10 million pensioners would lose their winter fuel payments under her plans.
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