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The tragic real-life story of Eryetha Mayberry gives credence to the value of having hidden motion-activated video cameras in the rooms of nursing home residents.
In 2012, after noticing that her 96-year old dementia-suffering mother's (Eryetha Mayberry's) gifts
were disappearing from her room in the nursing home in Oklahoma City, Doris Racher placed a motion-activated camera in the room. What she and her family discovered was a situation much worse than theft.
The video-camera revealed two female nursing home aides torturing the helpless Eryetha Mayberry.
While one aide stuffed latex gloves into Mrs. Mayberry's mouth, the other one taunted her by tapping on Mrs. Mayberry's head and laughing at her. Unceremoniously hoisting her from her wheelchair, the two culprits literally flung Mrs. Mayberry on the bed, and then one of them performed some unnecessary heavy-handed chest compressions on her.
On November 1st, 2013, ignited by the outcry over the Eryetha Mayberry case, Oklahoma became the 3rd state --- behind New Mexico and Texas --- to explicitly allow residents in long-term care
facilities to maintain surveillance cameras in their rooms. In the last two years, at least 5 states have considered similar legislation.
["Watchful Eye in Nursing Homes", The New York Times, November 18, 2013 /Jan Hoffman]
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