Surveillance and monitoring systems will be trialled in five South Australian aged care facilities from early next year in an attempt to reduce “adverse events”.
SA Health Minister Stephen Wade said the “CCTV pilot aims to… determine whether the technology can cost-effectively be used to provide higher levels of resident safety, improve care and reduce adverse events.”
Within the chosen sites, cameras will be placed in each bedroom, but only after individual residents give their personal consent.
Cameras will be disabled if residents decide they do not want their room to be filmed for some time, or if they choose to opt out of the trial altogether.