The care of older people in all major hospitals in Wales will be inspected following the publication of a damning report into care provided by a South Wales health board, Health Minister Mark Drakeford has said today (May 13). Prof… read more »
The Social Services and Well-Being (Wales) Act has today (May 1) achieved Royal Assent, with First Minister Carwyn Jones hailing it as, “one of the most significant the Assembly has passed since it acquired full law making powers in 2011.”… read more »
BBC1’s Panorama programme last night (April 30) aired secretly filmed footage which showed mistreatment of residents at a care home in Essex. Now seven members of staff have been sacked and one suspended at the Old Deanery in Essex following… read more »
A report by the Institute for Public Policy Research has said that the number of older people needing care could outstrip the number of relatives able to care for them by 2017. The report, part of a series resulting from… read more »
Nearly a million elderly and vulnerable patients are to be given personalised care by their GPs including regular visits from doctors and nurses, the Prime Minister was set to announce today (April 13). More than £400 million is being targeted… read more »
A computer-generated ‘avatar’ or screen-based intelligent hologram could help monitor the health of older people so they can remain living independently in their own homes for longer in future, according to researchers. A team from the University of Kent is… read more »
The number of older people in the 90+ age group using the amubalance service to get to hospital since 2009-2010 has risen by 81% according to new figures. Analysis by the Labour party showed that 300,370 people over the age… read more »
A new study by academics from the London School of Economics has revealed that care for older people in their homes in England has been cut by a third in the last five years. The group which commissioned the study,… read more »
Short care visits to elderly and disabled people are “disgraceful” and on the rise, a charity has claimed. In England, 60% of councils use 15-minute visits, which are not long enough to provide adequate care Leonard Cheshire Disability says. The… read more »
Research has estimated that more than a million families have been forced to sell their homes over the last five years to help meet the cost of residential care. The estimated figure is based on a polling carried by ICM… read more »