A recent television news program by a station in Toronto, Canada had several installments of investigations into abuse of residents by fellow residents and staff in nursing homes. And it didn't end there! It discussed the fact that seniors in their own homes experience abuse at the hands of family or caregivers. Read the whole story HERE. "Elder abuse is a sad...

Here's a story out of the UK about elder abuse and hidden cameras. You can read the whole story HERE. Earlier this year the chief inspector for social care and Care Quality Commission in the UK discussed the possibility of using hidden cameras as one way to tackle the problem of elder abuse in nursing homes. Elder abuse in nursing homes has...

click for more details The BBC program "Panorama" uncovered systematic abuse of residents at a care facility called Winterbourne View near Bristol. This was the catalyst for the watchdog Care Quality Commission (CQC) to use hidden cameras in care homes to prevent abuse and neglect. They will also use ‘mystery shopper’ type schemes as it looks to protect vulnerable people “by any...

click for more info "Outlining her priorities for the Care Quality Commission (CQC), chief inspector of adult social care Andrea Sutcliffe said more would be done to involve members of the public and expert teams in the monitoring of care homes and other adult care services. Among a series of proposals set for public consultation next year, the CQC intends to allocate...

Hidden cameras and mystery-shopper exercises may form part of a revamped inspection regime for care homes and domiciliary care in England next year. New adult social care chief inspector Andrea Sutcliffe said she wanted to explore the role such techniques could play in uncovering abuse and neglect. But she admitted their use would have to be balanced against the need for privacy...

A family is relieved after the woman who abused a grandmother at an Arlington nursing pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing. Mynez Carter, 84, was shown being roughed up in hidden camera video that aired in a FOX4 report last August. Maria Acosta, 44, the worker at the nursing home, pleaded guilty to her role in the case and will soon be sentenced....