We support, inform and campaign
on behalf of older people in care
9 May 2012
Care Homes for Older People Should be Places of Safety
Sign our petition calling for better regulation of care homes
On Monday 23 April 2012 BBC's Panorama showed a shocking exposé of one woman's experience in a care home for older people.
8 May 2012
R&RA petition gets support from national bodies
Three of the UK's leading organisations have pledged their support for R&RA's petition
24 April 2012
CALL FOR OVERHAUL OF CQC
JOIN OUR PETITION FOR CHANGE
The Relatives & Residents Association is calling for a complete overhaul in the way CQC operates its regulation of care homes for older people. Since last year we have been pushing for changes which will see:
The Panorama exposé on Monday 23 April 2012 showed the appalling treatment of a care home resident with dementia. At the time of CQC's inspections of the home, following an alert of her abuse, the 80-year-old was receiving round the clock protection. Despite this and the fact that five workers were subsequently dismissed the regulator continued to give the home a clean bill of health.
...We cannot go on watching the same mistakes being repeated over and over, the government HAS to do something now... Read R&RA news release here
YOU CAN NOW SUPPORT US TO ACHIEVE THE CHANGES WE HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR BY SIGNING OUR PETITION HERE
23 April 2012
BBC1 PANORAMA
UNDERCOVER ELDERLY CARE
20 April 2012
BBC1 PANORAMA - UNDERCOVER ELDERLY CARE
Monday, 23 April 2012, 8.30pm
Panorama reveals the appalling treatment of an eldery care home resident with dementia, captured on film after a concerned relative hid a secret camera. The abuse - in a care home passed as 'excellent' by the national regulator, the Care Quality Commission - has led to five care workers being sacked, one of whom has been convicted.
13 April 2012
CALL FOR TWICE YEARLY INSPECTIONS AFTER NURSE CONVICTED FOR ILL TREATMENT AND ASSAULT
Following the conviction of a nurse for assaulting an elderly resident The Relatives & Residents Association is once again calling for urgent action. We want to see the immediate reinstatement of twice yearly care home inspections.
Jonathan Aquino, a former nurse at Ash Court Care Centre, run by Forest Healthcare, was today sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment. His sentence came following his assault on 80 year old Maria Worroll, a resident at the home suffering with dementia and severe arthritis. The abuse took place in a care home which had previously been given an excellent rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
27th March 2012
BARONESS HELENA KENNEDY & LUCY SERIES SPEAK AT CONFERENCE & AGM
Delegates at the R&RA Conference and AGM warmly received presentations from Baroness Helena Kennedy QC and Lucy Series.
22nd March 2012
Judy Downey, chair of R&RA took part in a Guardian debate on integration of health and social care services. Read more: here
12th March 2012
R&RA have launched a pilot scheme with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to help relatives' voices to be heard.
This project will look at how calls to our helpline can inform CQC and help them protect residents and their rights. In turn, CQC will update R&RA about the action they take as a result of our feedback.
5th March 2012
R&RA AND CHRE IN JOINT SEMINAR
The Government is proposing a new scheme of voluntary registration of care workers. The scheme would be similar to registration of doctors and nurses - but unlike health professionals who must be registered with a regulatory body before they can work, the Government insists that any registration scheme for care workers must be voluntary.
23rd November 2011
Read Judy Downey's letter to the Guardian Newspaper in response to the launch of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's report following their Inquiry into Home Care of Older People.