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Jayne Connery Director Care Campaign for the Vulnerable has been invited to speak at the Care Show held at the NEC Birmingham on 18th October 2018.

Care Campaign for the Vulnerable Founder/Director Jayne Connery is delighted to have been asked to give a talk at this year's Care Show at the NEC Birmingham with Care Campaign's newly appointed Ambassador Terry Eccott. Terry, who is also the Alzheimers Society Ambassador will be attending with Jayne to join her on stage to give a talk about the work they undertake raising awareness to safety monitoring in public areas in dementia/care homes to be made mandatory as well as our important work highlighting preventable neglect happening within the sector and offering support to families and family carers

Jayne said ''Every time we get invited to give a talk at these care industry events it's a reminder of the huge opportunity that faces us to open up the sector needing transparency and help bring awareness to the important change needed. We are gaining much momentum and this year has seen us work so hard raising awareness of the very important work we do. The distressing calls and messages we receive from families and family carers are rising. Families tell us they want to be listened to - and importantly, to be heard. To feel they matter when decisions about their loved one in care are taken. I visit many care homes and home care agencies in my role at Care Campaign for the Vulnerable and I get to see how dedicated and professional many of our providers and carers are - but please let's not be blinded or naive about this - inadequate care staff are still being employed in this industry that really shouldn't be.

I talk to carers who see their colleagues failing to carry out the proper duty of care including verbal and physical abuse against those they are caring for and many are intimidated to speak out, explaining when they do, the perpetrators are soon reinstated in their role and understandably makes things very difficult. This is why Care Campaign is supporting the national charity Action on Elder Abuse to make abuse carried out by those in a position of trust carry a far more serious consequence with the law. It has to start at the top and whilst it's so important for us to champion good care practices, its equally vital we raise awareness of what's going on on the opposite end of the spectrum. We owe it to those vulnerable elderly in care homes and in their own homes receiving care and for future generations, until a cure at least, is found.''

Jayne Connery Care Campaign for the Vulnerable and inspirational Ambassador Terry Eccott preparing to give their talk at the Guildhall Plymouth in May 2018