There are more than one million people in the traditional care system. They live full-time…

Patients in Wales are being urged to take more control of decisions about the care…

Gathering dust on a shelf in the Department of Health’s London headquarters is a plan…

“The A&E department is full,” says Edna Panambo, the sister in charge at the Royal…

Government-funded care for older people is being increasingly rationed in England, leaving growing numbers to…

The Alzheimer’s Society launches the Dementia Friendly Awards to celebrate the efforts of individuals, groups…

Here is a cold, hard fact: about 800,000 people in the UK are lonely. Or,…

As another committee considers how to tackle the problem of the UK’s ageing society, Channel…

With the number of over-65s expected to nearly double by 2050 and little plan for…

Malnutrition afflicts 70 per cent of older people living at home and is estimated to…

Make no mistake, the latest salvo in the junior doctor dispute is a step into…

A seven-day NHS is “impossible” to achieve with the current funding and staffing levels, the…

“Air pollution particles linked to Alzheimer’s found in human brain,” Sky News reports after new…

Hospitals are facing record levels of delays in discharging patients, figures from NHS England show.…

The benefits of the cholesterol-reducing drug statins are underestimated and the harms exaggerated, a major…