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The Watchful Eye of Hidden Cameras in Nursing Homes : Suspicions Confirmed ?
Increasingly in the United States, instances of nursing home abuse have been captured on hidden cameras. That includes here in Maryland and Washington, D. C. Three states --- New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma --- have enacted laws explicitly permitting nursing home residents in long-term care facilities to maintain surveillance cameras in their rooms. In the last two years, at least five additional states have considered similar legislation.
Federal law defines " nursing home abuse " of a patient or resident as the willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain or mental anguish.
" Caught On Tape: 96-Year Old Woman Tortured In Oklahoma Nursing Home"
The recently highly-publicized nursing home abuse case of 96-year old Eryetha Mayberry emphasizes the value of hidden cameras in nursing homes. In sum, two female nursing aides who worked at the Quail Creek Nursing Home and Retirement Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, were caught on hidden camera by Ms. Mayberry's family torturing her. One of the aides, Lucy Gakunga, has been tried and convicted, and sentenced to two years in jail. The second aide, Caroline Kaskea, is on the run --- perhaps back to her home in Nigeria.
Eryetha Mayberry was a "silent victim" in that she could not speak because of her severe stroke, suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and otherwise was in a very frail condition. The hidden vide recording showed the two caretakers, among other acts, shoving rubber gloves into Ms. Mayberry's mouth, tapping and pushing her head disrespectfully and dangerously, hoisting her from her wheelchair and flinging her onto her bed, performing unnecessary heavy-handed chest massages, and generally taunting this helpless woman.
["Watchful Eye In Nursing Homes", The New York Times, Tuesday, November 19, 2013, page D1, by Jan Hoffman; http://www.news9.com/story/21549544/"Family In OKC Nursing Home Abuse Case Frustrated By Investigation", March 7, 2012]
If you suspect that a relative or friend living in a nursing home or assisted living facility within the Maryland and Washington, D. C. metropolitan area might be suffering from neglect or abuse, contact the nationally-recognized and respected nursing home abuse and neglect attorneys at Charles Jerome Ware, P. A., Attorneys & Counselors, at www.charlesjeromeware.com, (410) 730-5016 or (410) 720-6129.
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