care homes
CelebrityAOLDevoted wife surprises dementia-stricken husband by moving into his care home
Story and video from SWNS This is the moving moment a devoted wife surprised her dementia-stricken husband by moving into his care home after a month apart - because she 'can't live without him'. Pensioner Kenneth Meredith, 96,
LifestyleAOLBeware the hidden cost of care
The cost of care is eye-watering, with fees set around an average of £30,000 a year for residential care and £40,000 for nursing care. But that's just the start of it. Care homes fleece their residents for all kinds of outrageous things on
NewsAOLThe five regions where care will cost more than the value of your home
If you need to pay for care in your old age, then there's a very real risk that you will end up having to sell your family home in order to cover the costs. But that's not the worst of it: new research has revealed that in five regions
HealthAOLCare home provider fined over death
The biggest care home provider in the UK has been ordered to pay £170,000 in fines and costs after a "vulnerable and elderly" woman choked to death on fish and chips. Four Seasons Health Care (England) was prosecuted by the Health and
NewsAOLUK care home death rate soars
Death rates in UK care homes are soaring. A decade ago there were an estimated 38,000 deaths in care homes a year. Last year the death rate hit more than 103,000, according to new figures uncovered by Professor Brian Jarman at Imperial College
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Son spends mum's savings instead of paying for care
Simon Shonn (49), of Suthers Street, Radcliffe, Bury, was given control of his mother's savings when 75-year-old Irene Shonn's Alzheimer's meant she needed to live in a care home. He was meant to pay the home £665 a week for
HealthAOLCare home owner agrees £825m sale
The owner of 445 care homes which is responsible for looking after some 20,000 residents has agreed to be sold to financier Guy Hands' private equity firm for £825 million. Four Seasons Health Care, the UK's largest independent
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Bupa warns over funding squeeze
Funding for residential care for the elderly has been branded "worryingly inadequate" by private medical group Bupa. The group, which takes some 70% of its 18,000 residents from the NHS or local authorities, said occupancy rates at
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Britain scrimps on spending on older people
Those pesky older people cost us a fortune. How are we supposed to keep ourselves in Abercrombie and Fitch t-shirts and Ugg boots when we have to spend a fortune on taxes to keep older people in luxuries like meals on wheels and someone to help