Nanny Cam Evidence in Nursing Home Shows Abuse Incident
Three aides in a Pennsylvania nursing home were arrested and charged with aggravated assault, neglect of a care-dependent person, and several other charges in connection with an incident that occurred in the nursing home. A nanny cam placed in one of the residents’ rooms showed a female patient being mocked and assaulted as she tried to escape from her room.
The 78-year-old woman’s family left a clock with a hidden camera inside to keep an eye on the woman’s safety. 22-year-old Samirah Traynham, 21-year-old Tyrina Griffin, and 19-year-old Ayesha Muhammad were all arrested in connection with this incident. Traynham allegedly physically abused the elderly woman, striking her in the face and head. The elderly woman’s daughter and son-in-law also found and photographed several bruises on the woman’s body.
Hidden cameras, or “nanny cams” installed in an elderly person’s room in a nursing home or in their home are an excellent way to ensure their safety. “Nanny cams” are becoming more and more popular because they easily provide irrefutable video evidence to use against perpetrators of elder abuse. They are very useful tools to assist the elderly in any abuse cases in order for them to get the compensation that they deserve. With nanny cams implemented in certain nursing homes, it will remove the facility’s ability to deny any claims made against it. Nobody deserves to suffer physical or emotional scars due to abuse and implementing nanny cams could possibly ensure they don’t have to suffer.
I'm a direct caregiver for this elderly lady, her daughter decided to install 3 video cameras around her mom house because there were some items missing from her sons backpack a xbox 360 n wii. Her son didn't notice this items missing until 3 days later this items where infront of him all the time he plays with them 24/z well they blamed us ofcourse. We all passed a polygraph test with flieng colors at least I did , well her son stoled 2000 dlls from her a mocouple of months prior n they to have nani cameras installed at their home they have a total of thieteen cameras. Well to make a story short he confessed that he took her money. See he is the one who installs them. Well my question is the cameras that are installed here at my job are controlled by them and the camera only moves to where you are when they move them .her son keeps on following us every where we go its on us all the time and not on his grandma. We find it very irritating and intimidating. The cameras are for their safety issues not to be pointed at us all the time. What are the legal rights of us the caregivers I personally find it as harrassment and intimidation?