All news on the topic: Nursing homes

Vera Sak celebrated the milestone by wearing neon green glasses, a tutu, leg warmers and dancing to club classics. The care home was transformed into a club with neon balloons, flashing lights and glowsticks

Danielle Kent and Gareth Palmer, who are set to marry, have spoken out about savage criticism from family and strangers who have made snide remarks about their age-gap relationship

Dennis Lanham served as senior mechanic for the 79th Armoured Division, operating the flame-throwing tanks known as Crocodiles that proved vital for the D-Day landings in 1944

Widget and Pringle, two Humbolt penguins, visited Cedar Mews Care Home in Birstall, Leicestershire , to give residents a dose of pet therapy

Scottish Water had planned to temporarily shut down 8km of water pipes on the Isle of Skye but now that work has been delayed to a very good reason

Danielle Finlay-Edward had her dying wish of a dream wedding fulfilled after she was diagnosed with end-stage cancer. Her local community came together to give her the ceremony she wished for

Want a rewarding job where you help people live life to the full? A job in adult social care could be right for you

Betty Fairley turned 100 on Friday (February 23), and shared her secret to a long life before her local Aldi supermarket sent her an unusual gift to mark the occasion

Almost half of all dementia cases are preventable, according to recent research. They are triggered by 12 lifestyle factors - each of which increases the risk, suggests the study.

Ewen MacIntosh, best known for starring as Keith in The Office, worried fans back in 2022 when he was admitted to hospital and now his management has confirmed the star has died peacefully aged just 50

Personal Independence Payment - or PIP for short - is a benefit designed to help working age adults living with an illness, disability or mental health condition

ITV's Breathtaking exposes the sacrifices made by NHS staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. As the number of people needing hospital care for the virus soared, hospital patients were discharged to care homes to free up vital beds, but this sparked deadly consequences among the elderly

An 83-year-old pensioner with "severe dementia" has been convicted by the DVLA for allowing his car insurance to lapse despite not driving for two years and living in a nursing home

Meire da Silva was thrown a surprise 112th birthday party at the retirement home she has lived in for the last 27 years - and revealed the secret to a long life

World War II PoW Jack Jennings lived for almost half a century without speaking of the horrors he witnessed on the Thai-Burma 'death railway' where 12,000 people died

Those required to carry out changes for patients with incontinence, say that they are spending more than 10 days a year longer than necessary doing so, due to inadequate materials

Getting down onto one knee for Geoff Fawcett was no easy thing to do at 90-years-old, but he was all the more determined to do it so he could marry Kathleen Wainwright, 85

Janet Fryer was banned from the profession over a catalogue of mismanagement at two homes in Keighley, West Yorks, between 2018 and 2021

Mark Williams suffered from blindness and other health conditions when he moved into assisted living accommodation in Southampton – but within months he suffered a fatal fall

The Birmingham home has been left submerged by greenery and foliage and is going under the hammer with bids starting at £25,000 - but the new owner will have gardening to do

Edie Ceccarelli, the second-oldest person in the world, celebrated her 116th birthday with a huge parade in her hometown of Willits, California, with fire trucks and dogs

A grieving woman says she's now considering divorce following her 'work-focused' husband's cruel reaction to her beloved mother's death, and feels she 'can't move on'

Ereck Koworera was given a suspended sentence after being convicted of wilful neglect, and has now been struck off as a panel heard he had ignored a patient with a broken hip

President Joe Biden needs to be put in a “nursing home” while Trump is the “most resilient person” - after surviving the ‘grab ‘em by the p***y’ scandal. So says real-life Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort

Amy Kavanagh, 31, suffers from Rett Syndrome and was left without a bed at Glasgow’s Haydale Care Home after flooding caused water damage to her floor and ceiling