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I have been running a voluntary help-line and my knowledge of the care system from the inside in such areas as care records and the administration and effects of medication on the elderly has proved invaluable to the countless people who have been in contact with us.

I believe that silence allows abuse to take place, those in a position to speak out are bullied and intimidated as a result or are just too frightened to say any thing. I am a former whistleblower who reported abuse and I know how hard it is to do the right thing in a care system that values silence so highly.

Compassion in Care is a registered charity, all the work we do is unpaid and done in our spare time but I have to work for a living also. Even though the time we have is limited we turn no one away who contacts us needing help we will always get back to you as soon as we possibly can, so please be patient.

I hope that Compassion in care will always be a true champion of the elderly by being truly independent and that means we are totally reliant on public donations as our only source of income.

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This site is dedicated to Pat Gifford whose legacy made it possible. Miss Gifford witnessed the mistreatment of a close relative in a care home and was deeply affected by this and she became afraid of growing old and needing care, she took her own life.

I think that Miss Gifford’s story says so much about the country we live in, that a former midwife who brought untold lives into this world so feared being at the mercy of the care system that she chose to take her own life instead is a damming indictment of how we care for our elderly

Copyright © 2008 Eileen Chubb