OlderLivingMatters

From the dry report emerged a figure better placed in fiction - the dictatorial, angry and insensitive owner/manager

It never fails to shock that older and vulnerable people live in unsafe and disgusting conditions. It is so much worse when the...

A relative told the inspectors: 'If my family member is sat there day after day in the wrong wheelchair, without her glasses, in someone

Merstone Hall's use of pictures does raise a smile - for sheer chutzpah.

Best home of the week Red Oaks, Worst homes of the week Orchard Lodge, Horsham and Duchess Gardens, Bingley

Even while the CQC was at Westacre there were allegations of abusive behaviour

Elderly kept in bed 20 hours a day because of lack of staff

Residents were found to be on the brink of malnutrition, neglected, in danger and ignored.

OLM is not making it up and we make no apology for highlighting the worst cases each week

Very very unsafe. Very scary

Forest Care Village in Borehamwood was OLM’s unequalled Worst Care Home of the Week last week – not least because of a police...

Orchard Manor in Walsall was investigated after news of serious injuries

In terms of worst care homes, Treetops in Epping has few rivals. It was so bad that it has closed and makes an appearance in this week’s...

For the third week in a row, Barchester Healthcare is owner one of OLM’s worst care homes of the week. Barchester, one of the UK’s...

Worst care homes of the week - Calderdale Retreat, C&V Orchard and Barchester's Kingsland House in Shoreham

Such is the choice, it is hard to decide which should be the worst care home of the week. There is one obvious candidate – with five...

Residents were out of bed, dressed and in the lounge - and it was only 4.30am. Life inside an Inadequate home.

Another week, another slew of disgraceful reports on England’s residential homes. The care industry’s glass may be half full, but it is...

It was not a good week for the care industry. More than 50 care homes for older people were found to be Inadequate or Require Improvement...

Two care homes a day were last week given the worst possible rating by official inspectors. In a week where approaching one half of care...