This is a way for them to turn that around. Hecht channeled her anger into drafting a surveillance camera bill. Hecht's measure died in committee this month, but industry officials agreed to cooperate in a two-year pilot program in Maryland. We're concerned that this will exacerbate the problem. What we're afraid of is the tape goes straight from someone's room to a law firm.
Privacy is another concern.
My mother would not want a video camera under any circumstances. Most families know what their parents would want. There's more neglect than anything else. You're going to see people not getting bathed, not getting fed, call bells not getting answered. That's what they're afraid of.