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The increasing popularity of handheld devices that take pictures of record video images is causing problems in one southern nursing home. Staffers at the Bluegrass Care and Rehabilitation Center in Lexington were cited by state officials for allegedly taking pictures and audio recordings of elderly residents and sharing the images with others.
Staffers apparently added sexually explicit lyrics to the recorded information and shared the results with other nursing home staff members. The home was cited for failing to enforce its cell phone policy. According to the nursing home rules, staff members are not permitted to have cell phones in resident areas.
The citation also noted that the actions taken by the staff members was not recognized as abuse and no staff members were trained that the practice of taking pictures and recordings could be considered abusive. In addition, the citation noted that in interviews with facility workers, the actions of the staff was a ‘usual event’ and had not been reported to supervisors.
State officials issued a Type A citation to the nursing home, which is the most serious type of citation that a nursing home can receive. As a result of the citation and subsequent investigation of events by the nursing home officials, several staffers were dismissed.
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