Depending on where you live, the concept may be called adult family homes, board and care homes, residential assisted living or residential care homes. States, which license the homes, have more than ...

Of those 170, an average of 120 NJ group home residents die unexpectedly, meaning they were not in hospice or palliative care. The state agency that oversees the system does not investigate all ...

These institutions, ironically named Dar al-Re'aya or 'care homes', are less about care and more about control. Inside, victims face beatings, isolation and pressure to reconcile with their abusers.

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A disabled 92-year-old who prodded a woman with a butter knife said he would take 'great pleasure' in stabbing care home staff before being Tasered, a court was told. Alarm bells sounded at the ...

A 92-year-old disabled man who was pepper-sprayed and tasered by police officers had told care home workers he was going to "murder" them and "enjoy it", a court has heard. Single-leg amputee ...

An Inverness care home has been served with an improvement notice after "serious and significant concerns" were identified by the regulator. The Care Inspectorate said it was concerned about the ...

A 93-year-old disabled man was sprayed in the face with synthetic pepper spray before being shot by a Taser and hit with a baton, by police officers responding to a call at his care home, a court has ...

A disabled man was pepper sprayed, Tasered, and hit with a baton by police officers responding to a call at his care home, a court has heard. One-legged Donald Burgess was allegedly assaulted by ...

PC Stephen Smith and PC Rachel Comotto are accused of assaulting Donald Burgess at Park Beck Residential Care Home in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex. The officers had been called to the residence ...