A monitoring system comprising: a person support structure configured to support a person thereon, wherein the person support structure comprises a control system configured to control the operation of the person support structure, the control system including a first sensing element configured to determine the position of a person on the person support structure; a person lifting system configured to lift a person including a second sensing element, a locating system and a reporting system in communication with the second sensing element, the locating system and the control system, wherein the reporting system is configured to indicate whether a lift event is compliant with a protocol, said protocol specifying that the lifting system should be operated for a person that requires a lifting system in order to be moved and when a caregiver is present; wherein the reporting system is configured to indicate whether a lift event is compliant with said protocol as a function of: a change in position of a person on the person support structure, which is determined from information received by the reporting system from the first sensing element of the control system; a requirement that the person is to be moved using the person lifting system, which is determined from information received by the reporting system from an electronic medical record system indicative of whether the person is required to be moved using a lifting system; a caregiver's presence, which is determined from a signal received by the reporting system from the locating system indicative of whether a caregiver was present about the time the change in position of a person on the person support structure occurred; and a usage of the person lifting system, which is determined from a signal received by the reporting system from the second sensing element indicative of whether or not the lift system was used about the time the change in position of a person on the person support structure occurred; wherein the reporting system generates an alert if the lift event is not compliant with the protocol. a person support structure configured to support a person thereon, wherein the person support structure comprises a control system configured to control the operation of the person support structure, the control system including a first sensing element configured to determine the position of a person on the person support structure; a person lifting system configured to lift a person including a second sensing element, a locating system and a reporting system in communication with the second sensing element, the locating system and the control system, wherein the reporting system is configured to indicate whether a lift event is compliant with a protocol, said protocol specifying that the lifting system should be operated for a person that requires a lifting system in order to be moved and when a caregiver is present; wherein the reporting system is configured to indicate whether a lift event is compliant with said protocol as a function of: a change in position of a person on the person support structure, which is determined from information received by the reporting system from the first sensing element of the control system; a requirement that the person is to be moved using the person lifting system, which is determined from information received by the reporting system from an electronic medical record system indicative of whether the person is required to be moved using a lifting system; a caregiver's presence, which is determined from a signal received by the reporting system from the locating system indicative of whether a caregiver was present about the time the change in position of a person on the person support structure occurred; and a usage of the person lifting system, which is determined from a signal received by the reporting system from the second sensing element indicative of whether or not the lift system was used about the time the change in position of a person on the person support structure occurred; a change in position of a person on the person support structure, which is determined from information received by the reporting system from the first sensing element of the control system; a requirement that the person is to be moved using the person lifting system, which is determined from information received by the reporting system from an electronic medical record system indicative of whether the person is required to be moved using a lifting system; a caregiver's presence, which is determined from a signal received by the reporting system from the locating system indicative of whether a caregiver was present about the time the change in position of a person on the person support structure occurred; and a usage of the person lifting system, which is determined from a signal received by the reporting system from the second sensing element indicative of whether or not the lift system was used about the time the change in position of a person on the person support structure occurred; wherein the reporting system generates an alert if the lift event is not compliant with the protocol.