Care homes

The Silver Line Helpline was founded by Dame Esther Rantzen. PIC: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

How the Silver Line is a force for good in alleviating loneliness - Daxa Patel

Poor incontinence care costs NHS over half a billion pounds a year

Millions to miss out on Covid booster as NHS slashes eligibility

Campaigners have urged the Government to extend Wednesday’s deadline for the “alternative fund” of the Energy Bill Support Scheme.

Households have 1 day left to apply for £400 help towards energy bills

Matt Hancock

Matt Hancock appears to reject expert advice in leaked messages

The cash boost is being delivered by councils in England, Scotland and Wales and aims to provide financial support to around 900,000 households - here’s how to apply.

Thousands of households can now apply for £400 energy bill help

Orderlies push a bed at a hospital. PIC: PA

Adopt a separate tax to fix social care - Yorkshire Post Letters

Bridlington town centre

Seaside care home at imminent risk of closure due to safety failures

The short-staffed social care sector is struggling to provide enough help to elderly patients ready to leave hospital.

Social care crisis leaving patients stuck in local hospitals

The striking pictures of empty supermarket shelves and closed petrol stations have shone a spotlight on the UK’s delivery infrastructure.

More heroes needed who work behind the scenes

Unison has urged ministers to abandon the “draconian” no jab, no job policy (Photo: Getty Images)

Mandatory jab deadline for carers risks ‘catastrophic’ staff shortages

Mary Cook (left), 90, receives her first visit in three months from her daughter, Fiona Scott, at Queen's House in Kelso, in the Scottish Borders, as visiting resumes in care homes.

Care homes and their plight as visits resume – The Yorkshire Post says

Hand holding is now permitted, but hugs and kisses are still not allowed (Photo: Shutterstock)

Indoor care home visits with hand holding is now permitted in England - the new ...

The government have been criticised for releasing guidance for indoor care home visits just four days before they're due to begin. Photo: Adobe

Criticism after care home visits advice shared just days before families reunite

Every care home resident will be permitted to nominate a single named visitor to see them regularly (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care homes will allow regular visits from 8 March in England - new rules explain...

Rapid Covid tests could allow Christmas care home visits - but is the government...

Exemptions to local lockdown restrictions will be made for childcare purposes (Photo: Shutterstock)

Grandparents are exempt from local lockdown restrictions - here are the rules ex...

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Oldham in Greater Manchester is the latest UK area to impose a local lockdown

People will be able to visit relatives or friends in some care homes again, after being prevented from doing so in order to try and stop the spread of coronavirus (Photo: Shutterstock)

When can I visit my relative in a care home? Latest government guidance

Boris Johnson's comments on sovial care have angered many in the sector.

Care homes deserve recognition, not Boris Johnson’s criticism – Yorkshire Post L...

A paramedic holds a sign warning crew members not to enter a contaminated vehicle. Photo: PA

More than 850 deaths in Yorkshire care homes linked to coronavirus since start o...
More than 40 per cent of all coronavirus deaths in Yorkshire happened in care homes in the space of a week, new data has revealed.

ICG chair, Mike Padgham. Photo: JPI Media

Care homes warn 'we cannot do it alone' amid rise in coronavirus deaths in socia...

Cedar Court Hotel at Ainley Top, Huddersfield

Huddersfield hotel transformed into 'UK's first coronavirus care home' in three ...

Hospital staff wear face masks outside Doncaster Royal Infirmary but who is responsible for the shortage of PPE equipment?

PPE in private care homes – why should taxpayers be footing the bill?

ONS figures show an additional 1,000 care home deaths have occurred at care homes (Shutterstock)

More than 1000 additional coronavirus deaths in care homes

'Here to help you say goodbye' - Graeme Bandiera's Yorkshire Post cartoon.

Why we want to help you celebrate the lives of loved ones lost to coronavirus

A record number of coronavirus outbreaks have been recorded at 92 care homes in the UK in just 24 hours (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care homes report record coronavirus outbreaks in just 24 hours - how many are t...

Social care continues to be neglected by politicians - despite the coronavirus crisis.

Care homes need assurances on potential virus carriers

Here's how you can help vulnerable people during the coronavirus pandemic - with...

Can digital technology deliver improvements to social care?

How new technology can transform social care treatment and staff workload - Prof...

Should Sir Michael Fallon have resigned as Defence Secretary?

YP Letters: Tory women were sexual predators and I didn't complain

'˜Urgent' investment needed as care homes are set to overtake hospitals as most ...
CARE HOMES require urgent and essential investment, experts have warned, as they predict that the number of people to die in homes could double by 2040.

Britian is facing a care crisis, say campaigners.

YP Letters: Care crisis is failing the future

Too many care homes were failing to get the basics right, Healthwatch England found

Too many care homes are '˜failing to get the basics right'

Care homes '˜often unsatisfactory'

The NHS and care sector are under the microscope.

YP Letters: Care homes pulled up on trivial matters

Former NHS consultant Paul Muller has suggested some remedies for the NHS.

YP Letters: Retired NHS consultant '“ Bed closures mean hospital staff's hard wo...

Oaklands Care Home near York, where 91 year old Annie Barritt froze to death. Picture: Ross Parry Agency

Tragedy of pensioner, 91, who froze to death in York care home where radiators d...

Care homes and nursing services in West Yorkshire rank second worst in the count...

Care homes to close as council outlines future help for elderly

Bupa sees decline in health insurance customers

Leader of under-fire care regulator resigns

Care homes reprieved as status deal agreed

I will always be remembered as the man who axed 3,000 jobs

Expert Answers: In search of the best of care

Exclusive: Miliband savages ‘arrogant’ Tories over cuts

1,500 jobs face axe in city’s drive for £90m cuts

Care homes saved after residents’ campaign

Care homes to go as council curbs spending

Care homes to go as council curbs spending

Care homes face axe in cutbacks

Care homes failingon manager rule