Care providers have warned the government that the UK social care system is "at breaking point" as it struggles with rising ...

The most affordable parts of the UK are the North West, where weekly fees for residential care home beds are £799, and the ...

Richard Heyes, 48, from Adlington, Lancashire, paid an additional £400 per month for his father, John Heyes, at Littlewood Manor Care Home in Preston. Although the local council covered most of the ...

Shirley O’Sullivan, 97, was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease before she passed away in 2017. With her care home fees ...

UK families risk losing their inheritances due to rising care costs, with councils currently owed around £343 million in ...

Caroline Abrahams, chief executive of the older people’s charity Age UK, said: “Many older people moving into a care home will be expected to shoulder most if not all the cost themselves.

A Kent council has begun the process of finding a site for a new care home that it will run. Medway Council voted on Tuesday ...

This is not the case with care home fees in Northern Ireland. The local authority will have an upper limit (known as ‘usual rate’ or ‘usual cost’) that they will pay for a care home. Legally, the ...

This is part of the cost at most facilities, which is why they’re so much more expensive than other senior living options. The main benefit of nursing homes is that they provide 24/7 medical care.

The NIDUS-Family package of care uses goal setting to help people with dementia live well at home for longer. New research ...