CCTV For Nursing Homes
CCTV can help to protect both their residents and employees, Cameras placed at entrances and exits can help your staff not only from unwanted intruders. But also aid them especially for those patients who have memory care problems. cameras placed near exits can help you prevent confused residents from wandering outdoors unsupervised without having to lock doors.
Car parking cameras that cover parking spaces belonging to the nursing/care home also play a vital role deterring car theft, vandalism and fly tipping. This in turn will also make the area a safer place for staff arriving and leaving often at strange hours due to their shift patterns.
CCTV also offers protection for the staff and patients and can help the owner, who is able to monitor any irregularities involving the work force. If staff know they are being watched there will be far less chance of them not following procedures and can help you find your high performance staff , where additional staff training is required and those that may be suited to a different less dedicated profession.
It allows you to keep track of your cleaning teams, to have an additional eye on your drugs cabinet, the benefits are endless.
Of course you must remember to keep cameras out of areas where it could be argued that invasion of personal privacy has occurred Of course the areas such as reception, corridors, dining rooms, lounges and kitchens car park are all public areas
Technology has advanced rapidly in the CCTV area and now enables you to view what is actually happening without actually being on the premises and can be accessed using any standard internet connection mobile phone devices.
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