Care Campaign for the Vulnerable is learning of the pressures faced by conscientious led Care Providers striving to offer a caring and safe environment to both service users and staff. Safety monitoring is proving to be a invaluable care assist tool - bringing a more open and transparent culture into care homes as well as saving valuable resources within the care home sector and the NHS
Your Rights: Access to Medical Care during Covid 19
Covid-19 is creating unique issues for those involved in our care homes, residents and their loved ones are being distanced and prevented from close human contact. Understand your rights - click the button below to view the report written by Author Jeremy Cama
Click here to download the reportCCFTV included in submission to the Law Commission
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable has been included in a submission to the Law Commission on abuse of our elderly to be made 'hate crimes'. Click the button below to view the submission...
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Care Campaign for the Vulnerable working with the care sector to raise awareness on the preventable/non preventable incidents/accidents that can happen in care homes. We are raising national awareness for a more open and transparent care culture by championing the use of safety monitoring throughout communal areas in all U.K. care homes.The CCFTV Organisation
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable was one of the first organisations to call for a public inquiry way back in April 2020 and so we are now pleased to see a commitment from the Government to hold a public inquiry on the handling of care homes during the Covid 19 pandemic. If you would like to talk to us in confidence about your experience in a care home during the Covid pandemic, please contact us in strict confidence at ccftv.cares@gmail.com
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable is a national, not for profit, safety in elderly care Organisation working with the care sector to champion and promote safety monitoring in all UK care homes. The success of our work brings to us families and care workers seeking support when concerned about care issues. We are the only safety monitoring in care organisation that directly supports families and carers and work together with the care sector to help bring positive outcomes. We support families through evictions and care concerns. Our work sees us invited into care homes to discuss the benefits that safety monitoring will bring especially in the care of our most vulnerable and their dedicated carers. Care Campaign for the Vulnerable are lead commentators on elderly social care issues.
We are passionate about working together with care industry professionals to champion better transparency, safety and care particularly to those living with dementia. CCFTV attracts national media, commentating on elderly social care issues and gaining tens of thousands of supporters - leading an influential initiative for the use of safety monitoring in all U.K. care environments. CCFTV spent five years collating and submitting evidential documentation for the use of safety monitoring in care homes after our founder’s mother suffered negative care experience and often witnessed care workers have fingers of blame pointing at them after unwitnessed injuries to vulnerable residents occurred. The evidence sought - NHS and care home cost savings, safeguarding reductions, agency spend reduction, assistance with staff disciplinaries, quality monitoring daily, improved inspection report outcomes - as well as a commercial value too. CCFTV gained the support from MP’s taking our safety monitoring in care to Westminster Hall and calling it “rather persuasive”.
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable Objectives
Mandatory use of independent safety monitoring in all long term care facilities
Establishing in law that elder abuse is a hate crime and should be treated as such
Ending the shame of resident eviction from care homes on commercial grounds by giving them rights of tenancy
The professionalisation of carer roles with commensurate remuneration
Greater participation of family and advocates in planning and delivery of care
We have a voluntary team of experts in care ranging from CEO’s Care Providers to Dementia Care trainers. CCFTV raises awareness of elderly social care issues and comments in the News/TV/Radio. A national, not for profit, safety in elderly care organisation we are lead influencers for providers to adopt safety monitoring that will lead to a more transparent, open and safe care culture especially when looking after elderly living with dementia. CCFTV also advises NHS and care providers - having worked with NHS Croydon Hospital on their Dementia Care Strategy and we are invited to talk to families and care staff in care homes on the benefits safety monitoring can bring to all care environments. CCFTV allow families and carers a voice. We are grateful to all our 80,000 supporters including families, care staff and leading care industry professionals.
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable is leading the call for a public inquiry on the Government's handling of care homes during the Covid pandemic - Read our report in the Daily Express - https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1414067/coronavirus-latest-care-home-public-inquiry
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable will be holding our next network meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire on Friday 21st May to discuss our work supporting families and careworkers and our leading the call for a public inquiry on the handling of care homes during the pandemic. Joining us will be Professor Martin Green OBE, Care England, Nadra Ahmed OBE, National Care Association and Joy Morrissey MP
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Care Campaign for the Vulnerable is proud to be the only safety monitoring in care homes initiative in the UK working with the care home sector and helping influence positive change.
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Care Campaign For The Vulnerable appeals on behalf of our 410,000 vulnerable elderly in care. Read the article here.
Wednesday 5th May 2021
It was a privilege to be asked by a granddaughter CCFTV is supporting, to meet her 103-year-old grandmother, Sarah, at her North London care home. Lisa told us "The support and advice CCFTV gave me was so appreciated It's only right you get to meet my grandmother that you've helped so much by supporting me." Thank you to all the staff for facilitating the visit and it was a pleasure to finally get to meet lovely Sarah. All safety and risk assessment, and Covid test, was adhered to.
Tuesday 4th May 2021
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable was delighted to be invited to Potters Grange Care Home, Barnet ahead of its official opening. Part of the Ardale group of care homes that supports safety monitoring in communal areas.
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable leading the call for a public inquiry on the handling of care homes during the COVID pandemic.
It is absolutely essential that a public enquiry provides answers for many grieving families who believe their loved ones living in care homes were sacrificed in the aim of ’not overwhelming’ the NHS. That view was compounded further, when all relatives were excluded from care home visiting under lockdown rules. Despite their despair and anxiety about a possible decline in standards of care - given care home staff were under severe pressure and often isolating - Government and the Regulator failed to intervene. No insistence that providers adopt safety monitoring systems to ensure third party audit, no appointment of family members as primary carers and in many cases not even a window visit facilitated to bring some comfort to the vulnerable older person.
Unless a public enquiry is progressed, the electorate will know that little or no value is attached to older vulnerable people and that in subsequent periods of severe societal challenge such as a pandemic, older people are simply expendable. Many residents died prematurely and needlessly because not even some basic safeguards were afforded them.
A loving grand-daughter sent CCFTV her video clip wishing her grandmother a happy special birthday during care home restrictions
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable invited to visit Potters Grange Care Home, Barnet, ahead of the opening
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable hosts our Network Teams Meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Tuesday 20th April 2021
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable speaking on Times Radio Saturday 24th April 2020 leading the call for a public inquiry on the handling of care homes during the covid crisis
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Care Campaign for the Vulnerable comments in the Mail On Sunday 4th April 2021
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable on BBC RADIO HUMBERSIDE calling for public inquiry to Government handling of Covid in care homes https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p093ppgt
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Care Campaign for the Vulnerable comments on the front page in the Daily Mail today on the betrayal of our elderly and carers in care homes
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable was delighted to meet with the Executive Board Team at Hallmark Care Homes discussing our work and how we influence the need for a safer and more transparent care sector. Great to meet such a dedicated team!
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable on BBC Radio Stoke discussing Carehomes at Christmas and visiting rights
(2-20 mins ) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08xz8w9
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable leads the comments in the Daily Express (Friday 6th November 20200 on Daughter arrested for ''rescuing'' gran from a care homehttps://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1356850/woman-arrested-care-home-mother-dementia-coronavirus-lockdownCare
Up-to-date Government guidance on visitation in care homes https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-guidance-to-support-safe-care-home-visits-during-lockdown
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable hosted our Best Practice Roundtable on 26th October 2020 inviting notable CEO care providers and care industry professionals to discuss with us the work we do influencing the sector to adopt safety monitoring in communal areas in all UK care and nursing homes. Thank you to everyone who attended our event and allowing CCFTV to keep the important conversation going. We would like to thank all our attendees and for showing commitment to safer elderly care
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CARE CAMPAIGN FOR THE VULNERABLE COMMENTS ON THE FRONT PAGE DAILY EXPRESS ON THE DEMENTIA CRISIS IN THE CARE OF OUR ELDERYhttps://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1352225/Dementia-latest-drugs-sedatives-coronavirus-latest
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable is delighted to receive a invitation to the 'virtual' grand launch of Hallmark's newest care home, Hutton View
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable comments in the Daily Express ... Hope for reunions at care homes https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1347501/coronavirus-care-home-visits-daily-express-campaign
Care Campaign for The Vulnerable is looking forward to welcoming CEO Care Providers and notable care industry leaders to our very special Best Practice - Safety Monitoring in Care Homes Roundtable on Monday 26th October 2020.
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable was delighted to welcome members of our team today Wednesday 26th August 2020 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Beaconfield at our first network meeting since the start of Coronavirus
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable comments in the Daily Express on empty care beds crisis as families shun care homes https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1323737/Empty-care-beds-crisis-families-shun-homes-relatives-coronavirus
Hear Care Campaign for the Vulnerable Sky News Podcast interview
https://news.sky.com/story/care-home-closures-the-casualties-of-covid-19-12047895
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Latest news
- Care Campaign for the Vulnerable Official Statement on why we want to see a care homes public inquiryWritten on 01/05/2021
- Nadra Ahmed OBE, National Care Association joining CCFTV monthly meeting to discuss our call for a care homes public inquiry Written on 27/04/2021
- Care Campaign for the Vulnerable- Evictions in Care Seminar Written on 27/04/2021
Latest press & articles
- Care Leaders voice their concern ...Care Home Professional - 03/03/2021
- Government on track ... despite GP DELAYS Care Home Professional - 22/01/2021
- Care inspectorate raises concerns Care Home Professional - 13/01/2021
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Should there be a Covid-19 public inquiry?
CCFTV and Slater and Gordon UK lead the call for a public inquiry on the handling of care homes during the Covid pandemic.
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Report from Marbrook Centre in Cambridge on the benefits to safety monitoring in communal areas for residents and staff.
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Dominic Grieve Westminster Speech 2018 on Care Campaign For The Vulnerable Safety Monitoring In Care Homes
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Care Campaign Government Proposal
"The evidence from Providers who have installed CCTV seems to me to merit careful attention and to be quite persuasive"
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Just some of the Care Providers who support our CCTV Safety Monitoring in Care Homes
Safe Place Scheme
Chiltern and South Bucks District Council SAFE PLACE SCHEME has called on Care Campaign for the Vulnerable to add our support to the initiative for those who are vulnerable in the community to get help if out and about and feeling scared , lost or confused.
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Care Campaign for the Vulnerable is learning of the pressures faced by conscientious led Care Providers striving to offer a caring and safe environment to both service users and staff. Safety monitoring is proving to be a invaluable care assist tool - bringing a more open and transparent culture into care homes as well as saving valuable resources within the care home sector and the NHS
