All news on the topic: Care homes

The police chief declined to say whether he thought a police officer with 12 years experience had used excessive force by firing a stun gun twice at a 5ft 2ins and 6.7st "much loved" elderly woman

Sulaiman has so far had just £150 help from the Government – despite charities estimating disabled people are paying £12,000 a year in extra costs

When Lewine Mair's husband went from leaving the oven on to going missing on New Year's Eve, she dreaded putting him in a care home - but was pleasantly surprised

Clare Nowland, a 95-year-old mother-of-eight, was found by staff holding a knife at her care home Yallambee Lodge, in southern New South Wales, in Australia

Widow Nicky Wake, 51, says those who have lost long-term partners often experience Widow Fire - the uncontrollable and all-consuming desire for sex following bereavement

Honey Langcaster-James, who suffered the loss of her grandmother, now wants to make the most of the time left with her father, speaks during Dementia Action Week

While thousands gathered on the streets of London to watch the Coronation unfold before their eyes - millions were united by their pride in the monarchy and nation as they watched from home

It's incomprehensible that the North Yorkshire and York Health and Care Partnership is removing access to autism and ADHD assessment and diagnoses for adults

A Labour backbencher's Bill to enforce rules around carers being paid for travel time has passed its first Commons hurdle - and is due to back in front of MPs in six months

Care Minister Helen Whately faced a tough 90 minutes of questioning from MPs on the Commons Health and Social Care Committee over wage rates and chronic levels of vacancies

Helen Allen, a resident at a Wolverhampton care home, has told how she fulfilled a teenage dream of having a tattoo at the age of 77 and said "it wasn't painful at all"

Emma Doherty caught the life-threatening infection necrotising fasciitis while being treated for sepsis in February 2021 - she survived but her leg had to be amputated

It’s great that Mattel has taken such care to represent a Disabled person as true to life. But it’s still presenting non-Disabled people with an unachievable ideal of beauty in traditional Barbie

Andy Wilson, 82, will not be able to visit his wife of 62 years Marie, 85, at her care home after McGill's Buses announced plans to axe the number 22 bus that stops outside his house

Nathan Goforth, 48, smashed through an office window in a 'revenge' burglary - only to discover he had accidentally ended up inside a care home for dementia patients

The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services today issues a warning for the future of the sector amid staff shortages and funding rows as it publishes its latest report

The Scottish former undisputed world lightweight champion died aged 77 on April 1, and big names from the sport honoured him in Edinburgh

Daniel Cain, 23, was seriously injured after his brain and spinal cord was starved of oxygen after the incident which happened when he was on a night out with friends

The chocolate egg was given to Sybil Cook in 1939 but with the Second World War looming, her uncle advised her to ration it slowly and savour every morsel

Evelyn Davis, 22, went to a concert in June and became unwell several days later before being rushed to hospital and diagnosed with sepsis and pneumonia and ending up in a coma

Evelyn Perris, who is 19 months, is the youngest in a proud line of women headed by great-great-grandmother Kathleen Green who is 102

Serene Crutchley says sibling Gary Crutchley needs to be cared for after suffering a shock stroke in 2020 at the age of 41 but a lack of supported housing in his area means he has few options

Conwy Council ruled the goats cannot legally be contained despite their unruly behaviour chewing through bedded plants and fences in the village of Llandudno, North Wales

Alison Carson took thousands from accounts belonging to dementia stricken Hugh McMath, 88, before resorting to buying lottery scratchcards in a desperate attempt to replace the cash

After 43,000 women in the UK left their jobs last year to care for family members, mum-of-two Hayley Timson is sharing the reality of the 'sandwich generation', juggling elderly parents and young kids