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Hi Graham

This is wonderful to hear. I often find when carers tell me this, they add the home has a good strong approachable management team. A well run care home has to begin at the top and it filters down. Happy, respected and well trained staff who are not over stretched thrive and its reflected in the work they do and the care they administer. Thank you for your support to our cctv campaign. Care/nursing staff who contact me telling me they agree with it drives me on and I have to say this Campaign is hugely supported by Care staff and this makes me very happy !

Jayne
CCTV Campaigner.

Hi Gavin
You sound like a manager who leads with a conscience and takes the responsibility of vulnerable residents and staff being safeguarded in their home and place of work seriously. I commend you. Care Service Providers who have CCTV installed in communal areas, exit and entrance points have the foresight to understand, CCTV does not and should not replace good trained staff or high care standards but crucially, bring transparency, giving a very clear message to families , Care Service Providers are wanting to be open with the day to day administering of care towards their loved ones. As a family member who had a mum in the care sector, CCTV may provide answers that otherwise wouldn't be there. I often get told ''Carers could abuse residents in private rooms and therefore CCTV would not be not useful in communal areas''. I strongly disagree. We have to remember while abuse CAN and has happened in private rooms, failures of care also happen in communal areas of care homes, this isn't always about rogue carers. I advocate our dedicated care workers and many failings that occur is down to Care Service Providers not supporting care staff ie moving a resident inadequately and so failing in the manual handling of that resident. Not attending to that person when they shout out or waiting to go to the toilet for an unacceptable amount of time and more frequently, which is evident during this campaign, vulnerable elderly falling and families receiving no answers as to why. These factors can have a detrimental affect on a person with dementia's physical and emotional wellbeing. CCTV would act as a useful training tool helping care workers in their day to day continued training and lets not forget many residents who get confused have been known to go missing from their homes - CCTV could save valuable time locating them if in a confused state, they walked out the exit or maybe still in the facility. Nearly all care homes today house residents who live with dementia. CCTV is crucial for the safety and wellbeing of those who are more exposed to failures of care. I have said this for the past five years and throughout this campaign.. if ONE care home can work successfully with CCTV, then ALL care/nursing homes can.

Jayne
CCTV Campaigner