Over 500,000 adults in the UK rely on homecare workers to get them out of bed, wash them, brush their teeth, help them take their medication and much more. But homecare workers are worried. Councils are allowing care providers to cut corners and the elderly and disabled people that need homecare are not getting the support they should.
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Save Care Now is a UNISON campaign to raise the voices of homecare workers and improve the homecare sector. We are calling on councils to sign UNISON's Ethical Care Charter and Residential Care Charter, two sets of commitments that ensure the health, safety, and dignity of the UK’s most vulnerable people.
We are asking people to email their councillor and ask them to use their influence to back UNISON's Care Charters.
Email your councillor now
The simplest way to make sure your council Saves Care Now is by asking them to sign up to UNISON's Ethical Care Charter - a set of committments that councils make which fix minimum standards to protect the dignity and quality of life for vulnerable people and the workers who care for them.
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