Cameras in nursing homes?

Marie_LPN, RN, LPN, RN · Feb 15, 2006

In the rooms (w/o knowledge), it's privacy violation, period.

CapeCodMermaid, RN · Feb 16, 2006

We have cameras..closed circuit only broadcast to a tiny screen at the nurses' station in the rooms of 3 of our most frequent fallers. We use them as a last resort and the resident or family must sign a consent.

Antikigirl, ASN, RN · Feb 16, 2006

Actually I brought up this question quite a while back because my facility was going to start using these quite often...

I thought about the privacy issue, and how it would make ME feel...and came up with this poem that basically states how I would feel...hope you enjoy and issues some food for thought...

My Times

by TriageRN

I lay in my bed, and can barely move.

The pain in my hips that nothing can soothe.

I think of the times, the "use to have been"

And a tear crosses my cheek, and I think of my end.

I use to be a mother, a friend, and a wife.

Tending my children, full of strife.

Running after baseballs, making a meal.

Kissing a "boo boo", which always did heal!

I was active in everything my family held dear,

And taught by example with nothing to fear.

I gave lots of hugs, advice, and lots of smiles,

And hoped that my teachings would last quite a while.

I really lived life, through the ups and the downs,

And tried to overcome obstacles with out any frowns.

I cherished my days, with the loved ones I shared,

My loving late husband for whom I was paired.

But now I am in bed, a fall risk they say...

And ponder the relevance of all those fine days.

A camera in my room, a baby monitor too…

A caregiver tending me, and I never know who.

It makes me think of all those fine days,

Where I loved so much, and taught in all ways…

And wonder where the cameras were, and think of the "whens",

Why couldn’t someone be watching me and learning from me THEN…

CapeCodMermaid, RN · Feb 16, 2006

OKAY....but better a camera and dented dignity than a fall and a fractured hip. I hope when I'm old, they'll put a camera on me...I'd give 'em a show they'd not soon forget!!! :eek: :coollook: :clown:

vloho · Mar 23, 2006

TriageRN 34 You have a wonderful way with words . Love your poem

suebird3 · Mar 24, 2006

We have cameras for a totally different reason. From what I understand, it is LEGAL; but if sound was included.....don't think so!

Suebird

southern_rn_brat · Mar 24, 2006

If sound was included I wouldnt be just getting a write up lol I'd be looking for a job! :lol2:

michelLPN · Mar 24, 2006

good poem, great choice of words. It remindes me so much of my pt.s

live4today, RN · Mar 24, 2006

actually i brought up this question quite a while back because my facility was going to start using these quite often...
i thought about the privacy issue, and how it would make me feel...and came up with this poem that basically states how i would feel...hope you enjoy and issues some food for thought...
my times
by triagern
i lay in my bed, and can barely move.
the pain in my hips that nothing can soothe.
i think of the times, the "use to have been"
and a tear crosses my cheek, and i think of my end.

i use to be a mother, a friend, and a wife.
tending my children, full of strife.
running after baseballs, making a meal.
kissing a "boo boo", which always did heal!

i was active in everything my family held dear,
and taught by example with nothing to fear.
i gave lots of hugs, advice, and lots of smiles,
and hoped that my teachings would last quite a while.

i really lived life, through the ups and the downs,
and tried to overcome obstacles with out any frowns.
i cherished my days, with the loved ones i shared,
my loving late husband for whom i was paired.

but now i am in bed, a fall risk they say...
and ponder the relevance of all those fine days.
a camera in my room, a baby monitor too…
a caregiver tending me, and i never know who.

it makes me think of all those fine days,
where i loved so much, and taught in all ways…
and wonder where the cameras were, and think of the "whens",
why couldn’t someone be watching me and learning from me then…

:crying2: powerful poem, triage, with soooooo much truth in it from what i've witnessed in many nursing homes i've been in. you should publish this poem...even write a story for publication in nursing magazines. i'd buy a copy. :icon_hug:

i wouldn't object at all to cameras w/sound being in nursing home rooms as long as the staff are fully aware that the cameras and sound are there. otherwise, i don't like "peeping toms" of any walk of life. :nono:

Antikigirl, ASN, RN · Mar 24, 2006

Thank you so very much! I have been told to publish a book and now this poem! Thank you so much...I really should do that...it is just getting started is the probelm..LOL!

I had a journal of my preceptorship times in a local small ED, and it was hillarious! Full of information about being a new nurse, funny things I saw, everything I felt no matter what the circumstance, and my relationships with others in that small ED. It is now teaching material at my RN school, and the instructor who is using it really wants me to write a book with that material! I will have to get a copy of it since I lost mine moving...uhgggg! LOL!

But that poem means much to me, because I saw it all the time...and as most of us do...we ponder us being there..how long it will take to be there...what we want if and when we are there...and I think it is exactly what I would say if I was in that situation personally. I imagine me saying it to a CNA one day...that CNA being moved and maybe telling another...then forgotten by everyone eventually...but if it is published...much more potential!

Thank you! I think I might just try to get it published!