Aged Care Home CCTV cameras

mellowyellow

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After years of delays, an Australian-first trial of CCTV cameras inside the rooms of aged care residents has finally started.

The program is being piloted at two South Australian homes and follows the shocking findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care and Quality, which uncovered disturbing cases of abuse and mistreatment of some of our most vulnerable...................


https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-02/aged-care-cctv-trial-starts/100046484

Staff are overworked and paid a pittance while greedy owners are making millions.
 

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After years of delays, an Australian-first trial of CCTV cameras inside the rooms of aged care residents has finally started.

The program is being piloted at two South Australian homes and follows the shocking findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care and Quality, which uncovered disturbing cases of abuse and mistreatment of some of our most vulnerable...................

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-02/aged-care-cctv-trial-starts/100046484

Staff are overworked and paid a pittance while greedy owners are making millions.
Gosh, that bed is really nice, wish I had one
 
Should be a dozen cameras strategically placed in and around the room of every patient, in every care-home, in every country, monitoring every second, of every minute, of every hour, of every day.

I just looked up Japara, and here is the opening words that describe their services...

Today, Japara is one of the largest and most respected providers of residential aged care and retirement living in Australia, and a leader in the specialist field of dementia care.

Too bad they missed the most important tidbits of all... we're in it for profit, and pay our caregivers diddly while working them to the bone. :mad:

As far as I'm concerned, care-workers should be paid a GP's salary.
 

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