Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found the excrement-covered mat, designed to break the impact if a patient falls out of bed, at Four Seasons Care Home

NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Clinical Commissioning Group launch campaign to ensure thousands of unpaid carers in the area are accounted for

Police were called around 3.50pm following reports that a 76-year-old woman had been assaulted by a man in the Manley Road area

Greater Manchester Police launch a hunt for a man who broke into the home of an elderly Blackley couple, while impersonating an officer, and threatened to stab them

Greater Manchester care home owner, and former NHS doctor, calls for more funding and radical change in the way the government look after our elderly

The Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation (GMCVO) is to receive the Big Lottery Fund money for its Ambition for Ageing project, which will look to tackle the widespread issue

The search is on for woman who burgled and robbed an 85-year-old man in his Crumpsall home in April.

It is currently Age UK’s National Falls Awareness Week and the charity is providing information which aims to help those at risk reduce the chance of taking a tumble

Walter Crompton attached the prescription patch to the leg of wife of 60 years Eileen after she said she had been left in severe comfort by a blot clot.

The 68-year-old man was at his mother’s graveside in Gorton Cemetery around midday on Saturday May 17, when the offender approached him from behind and grabbed his shirt

Manchester’s Lesbian and Gay Foundation are urging people to talk about death and end of life issues in the run up to Dying Matters Awareness Week.