Care home residents forgotten by MPs

A poll carried out by BUPA in the run up to the general election showed that the nation's half a million care home residents...

Ealing PFI to build four new care homes

Following months of negotiation the London borough of Ealing has signed a £24m PFI contract that will see the construction of four new care...

Will new minister bring social care revolution?

The prospect of free personal care for 65 year olds was thrown by the wayside this month as Labour won an historic third term...

Care home cuisine investigation

A research programme investigating nutritional needs of an ageing population has begun its second year with a programme to look at the feeding of...

New director at Edinburgh

Following the creation of two departments to take responsibility for adult and children's social care needs, NHS Lothian and the City of Edinburgh council...

Free home care for disabled Welsh

The Welsh Assembly has issued a progress report on proposals to give free home care for disabled people in the run up to an...

Ceredigion facing care crisis

Admitting that there is a critical shortage of care assistants in both the public and independent sector in Aberystwyth and Cardigan, Ceredigion council has...

Welsh care standards under risk

Independent care providers in Wales have dubbed the recent Welsh Assembly rise in nursing care contributions a 'huge blow' and yet another set back...

Research points to positive impact of telecare

West Lothian council's Opening Doors for Older People initiative has been praised by researchers at Stirling University in an interim report examining the impact...

Children make up hidden army of carers

Britain has a hidden army of school-age children who have been forced into care worker roles due to the needs of family members according...