A trial involving 300 care home residents has found toilet-related falls could be reduced by switching to decaffeinated drinks. Credit: PA

In a first-of-its-kind trial, residents at eight care homes saw a 35% reduction in toilet-related falls after switching their hot drinks to decaf versions.

Switching to decaf could prevent falls and save NHS £85m a year

The families of care home residents in Northamptonshire say they're outraged by the closure of the only council-run home in the area.

Care home 'outdated' and 'unusable' to close leaving residents finding new home

The carer then "ran into mum's bedroom and started picking up mum's clothes, hugging them," one daughter told the ombudsman.

Payout for family after carer 'flopped to floor wailing' over mum's death

The first Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection honoured how much social care staff had given in the past two years.
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The first Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection honoured how much social care staff had given in the past two years.

Hundreds gather to mark contribution and loss of social care workers in pandemic

James Bullion says he needs hundreds of care workers immediately - and thinks staff from hard-hit pubs and restaurants could hold the answer.

Hospitality workers 'should be loaned to plug social care gaps'

Norwich musician Dave Thomas and Bonnie, who he looked after when she had early onset Alzheimers.
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Dave Thomas, of Norwich, is raising the alarm as the social care crisis leaves people like his pal Bonnie struggling to get a place in understaffed care homes..

Unpaid carer who looked after friend for five years struggled to find her a home

Care homes in the region a facing a staff shortage.

Care home bosses in the region have criticised the Prime Minister's plans to increase National Insurance contributions to "fix the broken social care system".

Care home bosses critical of PM's National Insurance rise to 'fix' social care

Care homes in the Anglia region have criticised a change in testing policy that they say will put both staff and residents at risk. 

Fears delays over care home Covid testing putting staff and residents at risk

Elderly residents watching television at a nursing home in south London, as research has revealed that care home residents were more likely to die of Covid-19 in the UK than in any of the major European countries apart from Spain. Picture date: Wednesday July 1, 2020. (PA-54403461)

Families in the Anglia region have reacted angrily after MPs branded the decision to advise hospitals to discharge thousands of patients into care homes without knowing if they had coronavirus as a "reckless" and "appalling" policy error.  

Answers demanded after care home policy branded 'reckless and appalling'

The death toll from Covid-19 in care homes in the Anglia region has risen sharply and could be five times higher than reported a week ago.

More that 500 care home residents die with coronavirus in the Anglia region

Joe Hamill, an epileptic man from Bishop Strortford, died after having his care hours cut. His father is now seeking answers.

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