Catriona Hawkins, 54, of Dudley Road, Grantham, was charged on Thursday, Lincolnshire Police said.

She will appear at Lincoln Magistrates' Court on Friday.

Officers were called to a house in Dudley Road in the town just after 8am on Tuesday after reports a woman in her 80s and another in her 50s needed assistance.

Both were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital.

An investigation was launched, with specialist search teams and forensically-trained staff at the property for several days, the force said.

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The women were known to each other and officers were not looking to speak with anyone else in connection with the incident, the force added.