All news on the topic: Care homes

As Storm Babet rages on for a third day, hundreds of flood warnings have been issued across the country. With as many as 360 ‘red’ flood warnings in place this morning, it is vital to check whether your home will be safe

Great-grandad Jackson Hasson was presented with the nuclear medal by his local Lord Lieutenant, but Tory ministers are still stalling on arranging a Royal event for other survivors

Up to £600 will start landing in the bank accounts of everyone in the UK who was born before September 25, 1957. The amount you receive depends on your age and living circumstances

A 13-year-old boy was told to leave a privately-run children’s home for being disruptive and was sent 198 miles away from his family to live in a static caravan park

After starring in more than 160 films over seventy years, Sir Michael Caine has announced his retirement from acting today

Brenda Rowles, 78, says BT changed her landline number that she has had since the 1970s after she cancelled her broadband - she is pleading with the provider to rectify the 'disgusting' change

It currently costs £5,595 per year to look after just one patient with incontinence - but these costs could more than halve by investing in better-quality pads, figures have shown

Noam Sagi says his mum, 74, is among the younger kidnap victims of her kibbutz where Hamas militants have taken "people in their 80s" including cancer patients

After a bacterial attack left him paralysed within 45 minutes, one man decided that it wouldn't hold him back from expressing himself, now he's known as the 'mouth ninja' - creating incredible realistic paintings by holding a brush in his mouth

Federal authorities have arrested Reginald Odell Kincer for allegedly buying more than $1,800 in erectile dysfunction drugs without a prescription

The Tory conference panel event featured an audience member confronting Tory MPs Jacob Rees-Mogg and Tom Hunt about whether their language around migration has stirred up racism

Our bodies are teeming with circadian clocks in almost every cell in our bodies, with a 'master clock' in our brains, but when they get out of sync it can have disastrous impacts, new research warns

Morgue workers have been accused of dropping Juan Mejia's body down a flight of stairs while carrying his body out of his daughter's apartment in Houston, Texas

Rebecca and Will Heppell, both 26, married in the Cotswolds last month - and recreated the big day at a care home in Selby, North Yorks, so Rebecca's gran could enjoy it too

Gary Coleman, who was hospitalised for two years after having a serious stroke in October 2020 that has left him unable to walk or talk properly, has nowhere suitable to live

A new risk assessment tool has been introduced by scientists which could potentially serve as an initial screening instrument for dementia, categorising people into "risk groups"

Alarming figures released by Age UK found that 735,240 households missed out on payments from the Government's heavily-criticised Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) Alternative Fund

Nurse Beverley Allitt was jailed for life for murdering four children, the attempted murders of three others, and causing GBH to six more - 30 years before Lucy Letby case

Staff refused food to a child returning from hospital and, in another case, a kid was denied a piece of fruit, Ofsted inspectors found, while care home bosses enjoyed a huge payout

Imagine how those who lost loved ones in the pandemic felt after seeing former health secretary Matt Hancock's new attempt to rebrand himself as a lovable, wacky man of the people

These are the people who don’t have close relationships, can’t rely on others for help, aren’t active in community groups or religious organisations and live in neighbourhoods that feel unsafe

SmartSocks, developed with the help of experts Exeter University, are able to track the heart rate, sweat levels and motion of people wearing them and collect data

Filthy bedding, unwashed residents, medicines not given, no entertainment - and sky-high fees

Those who are able to find a residential place can find themselves paying eye-watering fees for shoddy, substandard accommodation, with some charging more than a £1,000 a week

Declan Spencer has been told he has just months to live. His mum is at her breaking point as she spends hours awake to care for him as NHS carers are able to provide what he needs