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Care users need stronger human rights protections – JCHR report finds
Care users need stronger human rights protections – JCHR report finds Rights for Residents, along with others, have been giving written and oral evidence to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights since they began their enquiries into care settings early in...
Care Homes in new cost of living crisis
Care Homes in new cost of living crisis Roaring inflation means residents are having meal sizes shrunk and laundry budgets cut while fees are hiked by hundreds of pounds a month HELENA KELLY Money Mail Reporter Read the whole article...
Over 60 MPs call for new legal right to maintain contact in all health and care settings
A cross-party coalition of MPs is calling for a new legal right to be introduced, to ensure people can maintain contact with their family across health and care settings. Over 60 MPs have signed a joint letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, in...
Major charities support our call for the legal right to maintain contact
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Rights for Residents – what a journey, Newsletter March 2022
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Chair of the JCHR writes to Boris Johnson on behalf of Rights for Residents
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End ‘criminal’ isolation of elderly in care homes, star Ruthie will urge MPs – Daily Express – Giles Sheldrick
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Summary of testimonies from our Parliamentary event on 9th March.
Our Parliamentary event - 'Guaranteeing the right to maintain contact ' took place on 9th March in Portcullis House. Six people directly impacted by separation and isolation spoke about their experiences and called for a new legal right to a ‘care supporter’ across...
Coalition calls for new legal right to maintain contact in health and care
A coalition of organisations is calling for a new legal right to be introduced, to ensure people can maintain contact with their family across health and care settings. A broad spectrum of organisations has joined voices for this ‘never again’ moment, in response to...
CQC Statement on visiting in care homes following a change in guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care
We know that over the course of the pandemic many people who live in care homes will have faced exceptionally difficult circumstances, being unable to be with the people they love, and it has often been hard for loved ones unable to visit or spend important time with...
Rights for Residents invite the Care Minister Gillian Keegan to meet relatives of those still denied visits
Jenny and Diane - Co Founders of Rights For Residents - have written to the Care Minister Gillian Keegan, inviting her to come to the House of Commons on 9th March to meet MPs and relatives of those living in care that remain subject to harsh and unnecessary visiting...
Bid to “tear down the wall” that bars loved ones at care homes. – Giles Sheldrick – Chief reporter – Daily Express
One of Britain's oldest care home residents has been denied family visits for more than one month as the COVID access scandal continues ....... Please - Click here to read the whole article
