CAMPAIGNING mother Brenda Rowley is backing a major campaign to create new legislation to protect vulnerable adults in care.
The crusade for a Care Home Assault Law is spearheaded by TV investigative journalist Donald MacIntyre, a patron of the Astley-based Malcolm Rowley Trust.
Malcolm, aged 30, who had the physical capabilities of a nine-month-old baby, died five years ago after he was left unattended in a bath and drowned at a Salford Council care home.
Brenda, who has since been unrelenting in her fight for justice for her son, attended a London seminar of learning disabled groups, professionals and legal experts in the disabilities sector when they voted unanimously in favour of a new criminal law to protect the elderly and disabled from institutional neglect.
The event came as a result of Channel Five's two-part series, MacIntyre UK Undercover: Who Cares for Granny?, investigating standards at care homes for the elderly and learning disabled.
Brenda said: "When watching the documentary I was outraged to learn that taking food from a client's fridge is gross misconduct, with the care worker facing possible disciplinary action.
"Yet the staff who left Malcolm unattended have faced no disciplinary action and carry on working for social services. Surely this cannot be accepted as just."
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