When it comes time to put Mom in a nursing home. I want to request a camera in the room that I can access from my computer at any time.....I was told by a HomeCare organization that nursing homes will not allow this. I think I should have a right to monitor my Mom anytime I want and technology allows us to do so. Any information on this topic would be appreciated.
Although most nursing facilities are against their installation the reasons isn't because they want to hide anything.Cams and monitors (like baby monitors) of other sorts can be hacked and used for some pretty strange,perverted entertainment.There is also the questionof privacy not only for the client for the staff.
When your elders or children are in the care of others you either trust those caregivers or do it yourself.
There would probably have to be lots of legal forms filled out first. I'd ask at the facility what their thought are.
In retrospect, I think that you should just pick the best facility that you/she can find and afford and trust them. I use the monitor because MIL gets out of and back into bed many times. I am only one person, not like in a facility where there are aides who get to go home and rest, LOL.
Look at what happened the other day, when many website went down due to hacking, and this also involved digital devices at home [coffee makers, lights, garage door, thermostat temps, etc.] that are managed with one's Smart type cellphone.
My boss wished he had never put up those cameras, as the caregiver had been so good with his wife, and it became a real struggle for him to bring in a new caregiver that his wife accepted. His wife kept asking over and over for the other caregiver. He said it was so sad seeing his beautiful wife so upset.