Episodes
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable (CCFTV)  was set up over seven years ago to help offer guidance, advice and direct support to families and care workers while championing the rights of our elderly.   Since the start of the Covid pandemic, our not for profit, national safety in elderly care organisation has seen our workload increase with reports coming in of neglect, revenge evictions and families facing a ''blanket ban'' on visiting care homes when it was evident loved ones were declining...
Published 03/23/21
Diana is one of many family members struggling with her mental health from being denied visits to her Dad in a care home.  Families are reporting to Care Campaign for the Vulnerable suffering from depression and anxiety and feelings of overwhelming guilt believing they are abandoning vulnerable family members in care homes.  We understand care homes and staff are doing exceptional work helping to protect residents and carers during the coronavirus but we remain concerned receiving a high...
Published 11/11/20
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable speaks to a care worker who reported abuse against an elderly resident in her place of work.  She talks about carers that raise concerns are not always protected. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letstalkaboutelderly/message
Published 11/04/20
A whistleblower Care Campaign for the Vulnerable supported tells of the struggles she now faces finding work in care. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letstalkaboutelderly/message
Published 10/06/20
Carol Griffiths and Jackie Perkins talk to Care Campaign for the Vulnerable on the devastating impact on one daughter denied to be with their mother during her final moments in a care home during Covid. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letstalkaboutelderly/message
Published 09/16/20
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable is delighted to welcome Avnish Goyal on our Podcast Let’s Talk About Elderly Care. Avnish Goyal is the Chairman of Hallmark Care Homes and Care England. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letstalkaboutelderly/message
Published 07/22/20
Robert Kilgour is a Scottish property developer, invester, philanthropist and serial entrepreneur.  His first business venture was running a stall selling jeans and t-shirts at Edinburgh's Ingliston Market while still a student at Stirling University.  A decade later, in 1988, he founded Four Seasons Health Care, which opened its first care home in May 1989.  When Robert left the company in 2000 it was the UK's fifth largest care home operator, running 101 care homes and employing 6,500...
Published 07/08/20
Welcome to Care Campaign for the Vulnerable Let's Talk About... Elderly Care PODCAST.  I am delighted to welcome Ben Wilson Development Director at Care Protect Ltd.  Care Campaign for the Vulnerable champions and promotes the use of safety monitoring in all UK care and nursing homes.  Our passion saw us hand in a petition in 2017 to 10 Downing Street with thousands of signatures to support mandatory use of CCTV in all caring environments that would offer better transparency and safety in the...
Published 07/01/20
Care Campaign for the Vulnerable (CCFTV) will be launching on Wednesday 1st July our Lets Talk About... Elderly Care PODCAST.   We want you to subscribe to our channel and get involved.  CCFTV will be chatting over views and thoughts regarding the care of our elderly to care professionals, care home owners as well as families in care we support and care workers.  We will be giving you a exclusive insight to the important work we do here at Care Campaign for the Vulnerable.  So please...
Published 06/15/20