The North of Ireland has just made a crucial step in stopping abuse of older people
Hourglass, the only charity in the North of Ireland dedicated to ending the abuse, neglect and exploitation of older people, ...
Tag: social care
The pandemic left older victims of abuse trapped with abusers, COVID Inquiry hears
"Older victims of abuse were locked in and left behind" – that’s the stark warning from Richard Robinson, Chief Executive ...
28% of students DON’T see spending older people’s money WITHOUT permission as abuse
A new study highlights a significant lack of awareness among university students about the abuse experienced by older people, according to ...
600 unpaid carers prosecuted due to DWP failings
A National Audit Office (NAO) report has highlighted Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) failures. It has hit hundreds of ...
Profit and child social care DO NOT mix – and nor will Labour’s latest ‘reforms’
The Labour Party government has announced plans to reform child social care through introducing new powers for Ofsted and curbing ...
REVEALED: the staggering social and economic cost of abuse against older people in the UK
A ground-breaking report from Hourglass, Economic Abuse by Numbers, has exposed the staggering social and economic costs of abuse against ...
Older person’s abuse charity sees 65% increase in calls year-on-year
Older people are being targeted more than ever before in new statistics and data revealed by Hourglass as part of ...
The staggering cost of abuse against older people has just been revealed
For the first time, the staggering £16 billion cost of abuse against older people in the UK has been exposed ...
A damning report on the state of social care was just released by the CQC
Hourglass, the only UK-wide charity dedicated to calling time on the abuse, harm and exploitation of older people, is raising ...
The care home scandal that should shake Labour to its core – but won’t
Nearly all both adult and child care homes that regulators close are profit driven, according to an Oxford University study. ...
Students with caring responsibilities see massive fall in university admissions
The number of carers getting places at universities has fallen dramatically since 2023. Specifically, they've awarded places to a third ...
The Tory-induced crisis in care homes is set to get even worse
Britain is in the midst of a social care crisis, thanks to successive Conservative Party governments. Staff shortages, increasing energy ...
A Tory council has forced a woman with MS into a care home against her will
A Tory-run Norfolk council has forced a disabled woman living with multiple sclerosis (MS) into a care home against her ...
Labour’s latest policy retreat once again exposed Starmer for the untrustworthy charlatan he is
On 11 October at the Labour Conference, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting spoke of his party's "ten-year plan for a ...
The reality for unpaid carers is laid bare in a new report – while most of the public say they need more money
The majority of people think unpaid carers need more money than they currently get. That's the verdict of a new ...
The Tories are causing a potential ‘exodus’ of public sector workers
Nearly two million public sector workers are thinking about quitting their jobs, with nearly half saying it's because of pay. ...
The DWP’s latest error is ‘cheating’ people out of money
The latest error from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has "cheated" people out of money they're entitled to. ...
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