There have been a number of cases in the UK in recent years where care staff were caught being abusive assholes on spy-cameras and by reporters using covert filming.
The legality is complicated, but the official body responsible for monitoring the quality of care in English nursing homes has given its seal of approval to relatives installing covert monitoring cameras in their relatives' private rooms.
You're right about the staff in such places often being good. That's pretty amazing, given that they're usually poorly trained, paid peanuts and dealing with elderly people, particularly those with dementia, can be extremely challenging.
Yeah, we've had similar cases. It's horrific. My cousin started her nursing career working at one of the worst nursing homes in Australia. The stories she told...
Fortunately, it has been shut down. I don't know what became of the residents. Most were violent ex prisoners, and for some reason, this nursing home was where they all got dumped if they were no longer able to be provided for in prison. So it was a double shot of mostly awful staff, paired with some awful residents and a reputation with the local fire fighters to not respond to emergency alarms because it was usually just triggered by out of control residents. The staff were regularly physically and sexually harrassed/assaulted by residents and many staff were awful in their own ways.
IIN to prefer to be nursing when old?
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There have been a number of cases in the UK in recent years where care staff were caught being abusive assholes on spy-cameras and by reporters using covert filming.
The legality is complicated, but the official body responsible for monitoring the quality of care in English nursing homes has given its seal of approval to relatives installing covert monitoring cameras in their relatives' private rooms.
You're right about the staff in such places often being good. That's pretty amazing, given that they're usually poorly trained, paid peanuts and dealing with elderly people, particularly those with dementia, can be extremely challenging.
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Yeah, we've had similar cases. It's horrific. My cousin started her nursing career working at one of the worst nursing homes in Australia. The stories she told...
Fortunately, it has been shut down. I don't know what became of the residents. Most were violent ex prisoners, and for some reason, this nursing home was where they all got dumped if they were no longer able to be provided for in prison. So it was a double shot of mostly awful staff, paired with some awful residents and a reputation with the local fire fighters to not respond to emergency alarms because it was usually just triggered by out of control residents. The staff were regularly physically and sexually harrassed/assaulted by residents and many staff were awful in their own ways.