Age UK has launched a campaign to ask the Prime Minister to ‘fix care for good’ after a new report found in the last year over 700,000 requests for care and support made by the elderly were turned down.

This is equivalent to 2,000 claims being unsuccessful each day, or...

Storm Ciara made care workers’ jobs even harder by felling trees and hospitalising a woman who was hit by a glass wall that crashed into the reception of a retirement complex.

Residents standing inside the reception area of retirement housing were forced to flee for saf...

Right at Home Central London has expanded its home care services to support drug and alcohol addiction and is thought to be the first home care provider in the UK to do so.

The new Addiction Recovery Support Service has been created to provide emotional and practical su...

Alzheimer’s Research UK has launched a global initiative to revolutionise the early detection of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease.

The project will be trialled by a million people in the UK and includes wearing a smartwatch style device to detect earl...

Tax rises to cover the cost of caring for elderly and disabled people are being considered by the Welsh Government.

The money raised could be spent on abolishing care fees or on a pay rise for care workers.

A consultation on possible reforms to social care is due to star...

The NHS in England is hiring 10,000 school leavers given training by the Prince's Trust charity.

The new staff will go some way towards solving the shortage caused by rising demands on the service and falling EU migration.

The trust's research suggests there is concern a...

A care home in Horsham is treating residents to special trips all over the world, thanks to virtual reality.

Care UK’s Skylark House, on St Marks Lane, makes sure residents continue to live active and fulfilling lives, and is always striving to find fun and unusual past...