Care homes

The care sector, like the banking system, is in sore need of regulation if situations like that of operator Southern Cross are to be avoided, Saga’s Dr Ros Altmann tells Channel 4 News.

Police arrest four people after undercover footage of a residential hospital appears to show serious abuse. Channel 4 News examines the questions now being asked about how this happened.

The Government has ordered an urgent review into the “inhumane” treatment of people with learning disabilities at a residential hospital in Bristol. Channel 4 News looks at the questions being asked.

Who regulates care homes and residential hospitals, and how did the horrendous abuses apparently shown in the BBC’s Panorama pass by unnoticed? Channel 4 News investigates.

As the Welfare Reform Bill progresses through Parliament, disabled writer Lucy Glennon writes for Channel 4 News that the reforms could see the disabled become poor, isolated, and forgotten.

The NHS is failing to treat elderly patients with care and respect, a report reveals, as charities explain to Channel 4 News that negative attitudes to older people are a problem across society.

A nursing home in Bristol is failing to meet essential standards and must improve or face legal action. A charity tells Channel 4 News such care “infringes the human rights” of older people.

Exclusive: A comprehensive NHS review finds dementia cases are expected to rise by 72 per cent over the next 20 years, posing a serious burden for future care services, writes Victoria Macdonald.

As nursing homes in the UK are hit by budget cuts and declining standards, Pamela Wells tells Channel 4 News about the “horrendous” treatment her late husband was subjected to by care staff.

Exclusive: care homes in many parts of the United Kingdom are facing a grim combination of funding cuts and declining standards, according to figures obtained by Channel 4 News.

On #c4news tonight, exclusive video showing the death of an army officer in Afghanistan and we reveal figures showing that care homes’ budgets will cut by 11 per cent next year. Join the live blog.