The NHS in the North West of England has issued a public reminder about the importance of hand hygiene to coincide with World ...

Pennsylvania’s Department of Aging will now be able to screen in-home care takers with a new resource. The online platform, C-Screen, will not only screen, verify and rate the hiring of an in-home ...

Funding for a vital Medicare program has lapsed—forcing some patients out of their homes and exposing cracks in America’s ...

Visiting nurses say they don't expect to get paid as much as hospital nurses, but they want the same percentage raise. Both ...

Researchers assessed rates of viral respiratory infections among patients at a care facility by their room types and found ...

Flu, COVID-19, the common cold and RSV have similarities, but they differ in their severity, contagiousness and symptoms.

Raja Zulqurnean's prison sentence was increased to 23 years by judge at the Court of Appeal [West Yorkshire Police] A man who "married" a 15-year-old girl in an Islamic wedding ceremony is among eight ...

A Merseyside care home has been put into special measures after inspectors found serious and widespread failures relating to the care of elderly people. Safety risks including black mould, rising damp ...

As Congressional Democrats and Republicans continue to trade blows in a standoff over government funding, the resulting government shutdown that began at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1 has already started ...

14:35, Tue, Sep 30, 2025 Updated: 14:35, Tue, Sep 30, 2025 Detectives are investigating after an elderly woman died in a freak "tragic accident" falling from a care home window. Emergency services ...

Hamilton, Haldimand, Niagara and Brant were among the hardest hit by a drastic shortage of vital home-care supplies that Ontario’s patient ombudsman says could have been prevented. More than 200 ...

Catriona worked for seven weeks as a cleaner at the care home In my seven weeks undercover in an overstretched care home I witnessed many scenes of poor care and distress but there was one incident ...