I have just been sent another article about staff abusing residents in a Residential Care Facility. Last month it was in the Sacramento area. This incident was at a Sunrise Facility in Pennsylvania. In each case the families have placed nanny cams in their loved one's room after suspicions had been raised about the potential abuse.
Although the staff members have been arrested it still makes me mad as hell that this continues to happen in some facilities.
Families bring us their loved ones to make sure they are taken care of and protected. Overall, I feel we are doing a great job but a few can give the whole industry a bad name.
Maybe it is time to train staff in Elder Abuse like we do for universal precautions. The staff would be trained to assume that all rooms have a camera in them. In any case this has to stop.
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If you have not had abuse training for a while, the Elder Abuse Training Video is now on the D.O.J. web-site, or email my office at info@communitycareoptions.com with the subject "Elder Abuse Training" and we will give you a DVD Class including the abuse training video for free.
