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
Case Studies
Calls to Covid19 test care partners' who want to resume visits to elderly loved ones
Sunday 5th July 2020Desperate families are contacting Campaign for the Vulnerable calling for the Government to allow care partners to be Covid19 tested alongside carers and residents. Many say that while it's good news care staff and residents are now going to be tested in care homes many families say they are ... More
Care home owners must deploy cameras to eradicate the 'plague' of unexplained injuries
Saturday 4th July 2020PLEASE BE AWARE IF YOU SCROLL DOWN YOU WILL SEE DISRESSING IMAGES OF INJURIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED TO ELDERLY WHEN IN CARE. THESE INJURIES WERE ALL INVESTIGATED BY AUTHORITIES AND EXPLAINED AS ' ACCIDENTAL' DUE TO NO VISUAL EVIDENCE AVAILABLE. CCFTV WOULD LIKE TO STRESS THAT WE SUPPORT OUR G... More
My father had a DNR placed on him in hospital within 24 hours and his family were not consulted
Tuesday 30th June 2020My name is Christabel and my father's name was William. He was aged 81 years old when he died and lived in Edmonton for 47 years. My father was admitted into a London hospital on Friday 3rd of April suffering from the effects of a urine infection. The ambulance was called by a friend of my father&rs... More
Our Grandmother suffered unwitnessed injuries in a care home and our family deserve answers
Tuesday 30th June 2020''Our 91 years old grandmother Violet sustained unwitnessed injuries in her care home. Our grandmother told her family she was 'pushed' but the care home says she suffered a fall. With no visual evidence available to prove what happened we say that's not good enough''. A daughter contacted Care C... More
A family contact CCFTV to warn of 'Key Safe Boxes'
Wednesday 24th June 2020A family sent Care Campaign for the Vulnerable photos showing upsetting injuries their late mother suffered when attacked in her own home after her key safe box was broken into and the intruder gained entry to their mother's home. The family want us to highlight the dangers to key safe boxes ... More
Families contacting CCFTV call for safety monitoring to evidence unexplained injuries happening to our elderly in care homes
Thursday 18th June 2020THESE ARE DISTRESSING PHOTOS - IF YOU CONTINUE TO SCROLL DOWN PLEASE NOTE THESE PHOTOS WERE SUBMITTED TO CCFTV BY FAMILIES WE HAVE SUPPORTED AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IN MEETINGS WITH PROVIDERS AND SAFEGUARDING AGENCIES TO REACH OUTCOMES AND FIND SOLUTIONS. AT CCFTV WE UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT U... More
Vulnerable elderly feel abandoned in care homes not easing restrictions...
Sunday 14th June 2020Care Campaign for the Vulnerable contacted by families and care partners have been told that some care homes are still not allowing face to face visits with their elderly relatives. Families are saying with proper safety measures in place care partners or one family member should have bee... More
Families making video calls to loved ones is giving them cause for concern
Thursday 11th June 2020Concerned families are contacting Care Campaign for the Vulnerable telling us they now want to have face to face visits with loved ones because when making video calls they see a decline in health. All messages sent to CCFTV are checked and verified. Care Campaign for th... More
''Our elderly wheelchair bound mother was evicted from her home because our Dad ’broke’ the lock down rules''
Saturday 6th June 2020A daughter's experience of her mother being evicted from her care home . Read the family's story here https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1300280/care-home-evicts-elderly-woman Michaela and her mother before she went into a care home My mother is currently a re... More
What I witnessed as a care worker made me walk out but I was too nervous to whistle-blow
Saturday 6th June 2020A care worker contacted CCFTV telling of her experience working in a care home and supporting the urgent need for safety monitoring in care homes I started working in a care home that was part of a big care provider. I was so pleased when I was accepted for the caring role. Ov... More
A daughter tells of her distress at a seven day eviction notice threat during Covid 19
Monday 1st June 2020A daughter tells of her shock when her mother was faced with a seven day eviction notice during the Coronavirus ''Faced with a seven day eviction notice for mum who lives with dementia, to leave her home, has brought our family untold stress ... our elderly do not deserve this'' A daughter con... More
Abuse IS happening now, somewhere in Care...
Sunday 24th May 2020A care worker we are supporting tells Care Campaign for the Vulnerable of her distress working in a care home where abuse and neglect of vulnerable elderly, many living with dementia. she says was a 'daily occurrence' I have seen mistreatment and abuse of vulnerable elderly residents in a care h... More
''My mother's unexplained fall in a care home was the beginning of the end....''
Saturday 23rd May 2020A daughter contacted CCFTV claiming her elderly mother suffered a series of unwitnessed falls in her care home and told Care Campaign for the Vulnerable because of these falls she believes it was a major factor in her mother's declining health. ''My mother’s unwitnessed fall ... More
My mother was being sent to a care home recovering from Covid 19 but the hospital failed to disclose this
Thursday 14th May 2020TRACEY GODDARD AND HER LATE MOTHER SHIRLEY GODDARD Supporter Tracey Goddard contacted Care Campaign For The Vulnerable telling us of her shock after her family were faced with a 'catalogue of failings' at a London hospital after her elderly mum Shirley Goddard was admitted. Ou... More
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable supporting families during Coronavirus
Monday 20th April 2020FAMILIES THAT CONTACTED CARE CAMPAIGN FOR THE VULNERABLE DURING THE CORONAVIRUS Care Campaign For The Vulnerable receives many messages telling distressing accounts of losing loved ones to suspected Covid19 in care homes. Cheryl Harrison contacted us and praised care staff but was concerne... More
CEO Shedfield Lodge talks about why he champions CCTV in his Care Home
Wednesday 6th February 2019Jayne Connery Founder of Care Campaign for the Vulnerable visited Andrew Geach and some of his dedicated care staff at our Ambassador Care Home, Shedfield Lodge. A care provider who champions and supports the use of CCTV safety monitoring in all care homes Read here https://www.expr... More
Why we need better transparency in Care Homes
Sunday 2nd September 2018A family contacted Care Campaign for the Vulnerable telling us of their Mother’s experiences in a care home after suffering many falls and resulting in a severe brain injury. Many alleged incidents of preventable neglect ended with the family wanting to have her removed but received a 28-day... More
Families and care workers send CCFTV photos of unappetising food served up to our elderly in care homes
Sunday 15th July 2018Families and care workers send in photos of inadequate and unappetising food served up in care homes ...Read more More
Our Grandmother’s unwitnessed falls caused her premature death
Saturday 7th July 2018Ellen White with her Great Granddaughter a few months before sustaining terrible injuries in her care assisted home The family invited CCFTV to visit their grandmother at her new nursing home recovering from devastating injuries that her family say were caused by preventable ... More
Our Dad died and was deserving of much better care.
Wednesday 4th July 2018The Scott family contacted CCFTV telling of their concerns with their late Dad's poor, neglectful care. Care Campaign for the Vulnerable contacted the Care Provider for them to acknowledge the unacceptable standards of care their father received. After CCFTV intervention the family rece... More
''Our dear mum died in her care home and our family will never know why...''
Saturday 30th June 2018WARNING -DISTRESSING PHOTOS - FAMILIES HAVE ASKED CCFTV TO RAISE AWARENESS TO PROVIDERS ADOPTING SAFETY MONTIORING IN ALL CARE HOMES SO UNWITNESSED INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS CAN BE EVIDENCED. THIS CASE STUDY HAS CONCLUDED THAT NO EVIDENCE EXISTED TO ALLOW THE FAMILY PEACE OF MIND TO WHAT EXAC... More
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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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"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
