Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater stated this week that Oklahoma nursing homes should allow families of nursing home residents to put video cameras into the residents' rooms.
Prater asked, "If they're above-board and fully staffed and take care of the residents, what do they have to hide?"
The executive director of the Oklahoma Association of Health Care Providers stated that there's no law against it, but a camera "in more cases than not is used to sue a nursing facility."
Site note: The director obviously has a financial incentive to make it harder to prove a nursing home abuse case. Why would the defendant nursing home/insurance company want proof of the abuse?
Prater asked, "If they're above-board and fully staffed and take care of the residents, what do they have to hide?"
The executive director of the Oklahoma Association of Health Care Providers stated that there's no law against it, but a camera "in more cases than not is used to sue a nursing facility."
Site note: The director obviously has a financial incentive to make it harder to prove a nursing home abuse case. Why would the defendant nursing home/insurance company want proof of the abuse?
