Demand the right to a Care Supporter
Pledge your support for Gloria’s Law
During lockdown, people living in care homes were isolated from their loved ones for weeks or months on end.
Tragically, my wonderful mum Gloria was one of these people. Deprived of her liberty and isolated from friends and family, the consequences on her mental health and wellbeing were devastating.
I still live with harrowing images of mum, declining from the other side of a closed window. When I eventually got in to see her, she was a shadow of her former self and the time we had left together was short. My mum, like so many living in care, deserved a better quality of life and death.
Gloria’s Law would give ALL of us a legal right to a Care Supporter, to ensure that we’ll always have access to a close friend or relative who can provide emotional support, advocacy, and essential human contact.
We need to protect ourselves from being completely cut off from loved ones when we are receiving care or treatment in a health or care setting.
While the Care Minister has agreed that change is needed, things have since gone quiet. We must keep up the momentum, so we need your support to get it over the line!
Add your voice by taking our pledge.
Let’s ensure that people needing care never face harmful isolation again.
Ruthie Henshall with her mum Gloria.
‘I don't understand why this is still a fight. This is a basic human right that all human beings should have. Why are we fighting for the most vulnerable? They should be the first in line for love and care. Don't let one more person live and die alone.’
– Ruthie Henshall
Make your pledge now
Count me in – I support Gloria’s Law, which would create a new legal right to a Care Supporter and the right to maintain contact.