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
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Government announces today that family visits to resume in March ... many say this action should have happened right at the start of the pandemic....
Saturday 20th February 2021The announcement today that care home visits will start with' hand-holding 'is the first step on the PM roadmap out of lockdown. Care Campaign for the Vulnerable comments on this long-awaited decision that we say should have been allowed to happen at the very start of this pandemic. We must never ... More
Care homes capturing undignified images of vulnerable residents and placing out on public social media forums do not represent 'best practice'
Sunday 7th February 2021Care Campaign for the Vulnerable is receiving a huge response in support of our raising awareness to Care Homes social media pages that are publicly posting out what families see as 'inappropriate'' and ''undignified photos'' of elderly residents. CCFTV would like to advise care ... More
An open letter to PM Boris Johnson on why we need a public inquiry on the handling of Covid in care homes
Wednesday 27th January 2021Prime Minister The Covid pandemic, a worldwide crisis has brought unprecedented challenges to the U.K. and around the world. Children, adults and the elderly, from the cradle to the grave, few have been left unaffected. Care Campaign for the Vulnerable was founded eight years ago t... More
SLATER AND GORDON Law firm announced as Care Campaign for the Vulnerable Official Sponsor
Monday 21st December 2020Care Campaign for the Vulnerable is delighted to have as our Official Sponsor Slater and Gordon Solicitors. For far too long CCFTV has been repeatedly highlighting the need for safety monitoring in care homes and places where vulnerable people live. Regrettably, the vast majority of... More
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable submission to Law Commission to make elder abuse a hate crime
Sunday 20th December 2020Read the report https://www.carecampaignforthevulnerable.com/files/Submission_to_the_Law_Commission.pdf https://www.carehomeprofessional.com/make-elderly-abuse-hate-crime-campaigner-says/ The Law Commission sought arguments and evidence that crimes against older people could be considered hate cr... More
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable - Our Christmas message
Monday 14th December 20202020 has been truly a dreadful year for very many of us. The emergence of Coronavirus in early March has wreaked havoc for communities, businesses, many households and in our NHS. As the weeks and months passed and fatalities increased, repeated lockdowns have compounded the fear that life would nev... More
''Families are telling CCFTV they are nervous about consenting to allow loved ones in care homes the COVID vaccine...''
Sunday 6th December 2020CARE CAMPAIGN FOR THE VULNERABLE COMMENTS IN THE DAILY MAIL 19TH DECEMBER 2020 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9069029/Anti-vaccine-cranks-target-V-Day-heroine-Margaret-91-year-old-labelled-actress.html We are receiving a huge volume of emotive messages from family members worried abou... More
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable Ambassador Care Home Shedfield Lodge, wins Hampshire Care Association Care Home of the Year Award
Sunday 6th December 2020CARE CAMPAIGN FOR THE VULNERABLE AMBASSADOR CARE HOMES WINS HCA CARE HOME OF THE YEAR! Care Campaign for the Vulnerable was thrilled to hear our Ambassador Care Home Shedfield Lodge Dementia Care Home won the Hampshire Care Association (HCA) Care Home of the Year Award. Andrew Gea... More
An Open Letter to the Prime Minister on vulnerable elderly facing unfair evictions in care homes
Tuesday 24th November 2020An Open Letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson Every single week Care Campaign for the Vulnerable receive complaints from very anxious family members reporting a revenge eviction taken against their loved one living in a care home. These reports have increased during the Covid pa... More
Evictions served to elderly in care homes requires an independent review
Saturday 14th November 2020CARE CAMPAIGN FOR THE VULNERABLE CALL FOR AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW ON EVERY CARE HOME EVICTION Ref https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8956731/Great-grandmother-78-faces-EVICTED-care-home-today-unauthorised-visit.html https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1360965/care-home-uk-visit-co... More
Families to be finally reunited with loved ones in care homes in time for Christmas
Saturday 14th November 2020Ref https://www.carehomeprofessional.com/care-minister-says-care-home-visiting-testing-pilot-to-begin-on-monday/ Care Campaign for the Vulnerable welcomes the news a pilot scheme will finally be going ahead next week to enable family members to visit loved ones in care homes. Upon hearing this ... More
Call for elder abuse to be made a hate crime... Ellen's Memory
Thursday 12th November 2020On the 13th November 2019, the one year anniversary of Ellen's sad passing, Care Campaign for the Vulnerable calls for elder abuse to be treated as a hate crime Ref https://www.carehomeprofessional.com/make-elderly-abuse-hate-crime-campaigner-says/ https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1016854/uk-crim... More
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable hosts Best Practice Roundtable event
Wednesday 28th October 2020Care Campaign for the Vulnerable was delighted to welcome Avnish Goyal Chairman of Hallmark Care Homes, Care England, social care champion and trustee of the Care Workers Charity. We were thrilled by his attendance and interest taken in our work Andrew Geach, CEO Shedfi... More
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable featuring on the Dementia, Care and Nursing Home Expo ''Protecting Social Care This Winter'' Webisode
Monday 19th October 2020Care Campaign for the Vulnerable invited on the Dementia Care and Nursing Home Expo ''Protecting Social Care This Winter'' Webisode https://www.skillsforhealth.org.uk/images/images/news/SFH%20diary%20dates%202020.pdf Care Campaign for the Vulnerable is invited on the Demen... More
Pilot scheme to allow a family member into care homes and treated as a key worker
Tuesday 13th October 2020Thank you to all the families and care workers who support Care Campaign for the Vulnerable Let Loved Ones In Campaign Care Campaign for the Vulnerable Let Loved Ones In Campaign Read our comments in the Daily Express report on Monday 12th October 2020 https://www.express.co.uk/... More
CCFTV visits Oakham Grange Care Home in Rutland part of Ardale Homes Group that supports safety monitoring in communal areas.
Sunday 4th October 2020CCFTV was delighted to receive an invitation from Robert Myers Head of Care Pathways at the Marbrook / Ardale Care Home Group, to visit their new care home Oakham Grange. https://www-carehome-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.carehome.co.uk/news/amp/article/id/1634635/ccftv-founder-jayne-connery-visi... More
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable invited to Oakham Grange Residential Care Home with nursing in Rutland
Tuesday 15th September 2020Care Campaign for the Vulnerable is delighted to be invited to Oakham Grange Care Home in Rutland. Robert Myers head of Care Pathways at Marbrook Centre that specialises in neurological, dementia and stroke care, advocates safety monitoring in communal areas. CCFTV was delighted to visit staff and... More
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable hosts a roundtable event joined by CEO care providers to discuss safety monitoring in care homes
Sunday 30th August 2020On Monday 26th October 2020 Care Campaign for the Vulnerable will be hosting ''Let’s Talk Best Practice - Safety Monitoring in care homes event held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Gerrard’s Cross Buckinghamshire. Our event will be attended by CEO Care Provider’s and notab... More
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable resume our monthly network meetings after five months absence due to Coronavirus
Wednesday 26th August 2020Care Campaign for the Vulnerable was delighted to welcome some of our members today at our first network meeting since the start of Coronavirus held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Gerrard's Cross Buckinghamshire. First on the agenda was the Coronavirus pandemic and the challeng... More
Gary Fitzgerald former CEO Elder Care Charity supports our work for families to have visitation rights at end of life
Tuesday 25th August 2020Former CEO of We Are Hourglass (formally Action On Elder Abuse) Gary Fitzgerald is part of Care Campaign for the Vulnerable Professionals in Care Team https://www.carehomeprofessional.com/former-action-on-elder-abuse-ceo-joins-care-campaign-for-the-vulnerable/ ''Care Home residents need their fam... More
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CCFTV influencing Safety monitoring in communal areas in care homes
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
