Care Articles

Charles Clarke is one of the wasted talents of British politics – his ministerial career was cut off too soon in 2006. Never easily classifiable in any Labour faction, he has always been a stimulating thinker and writer about politics, and particularly the problems of...

It was inevitable that the government would extend ‘special measures’ to failing care homes and home care agencies having used the regime with some success for hospitals. While special measures may make some care providers improve, it does not address the fundamental...

If we are going to build a sustainable recovery we need to ensure that we do not waste the talents of some of our most experienced workers, but the latest employment figures reveal that unemployment amongst women over 50 has increased by 45 per cent since the general...

Our parents are our world when we are growing up. They clothe us and feed us, look after us when we are poorly and listen to our hopes, worries and fears. Later in life, it can be distressing when this situation is turned on its head as our loved ones grow old,...