Oklahoma Passes New Law To Curb Elder Abuse

Oklahoma recently passed a law to permit cameras in the rooms of long- term care residents so long as consent forms are collected from the facility. The law was a result of public outcry after a secret camera in a nursing home caught elder abuse.

Doris Racher put a camera in her 96-year-old mother Erytha Mayberry’s room. The footage revealed an assistant ridiculing Mayberry and stuffing her mouth with gloves. Currently, only three states including Oklahoma have laws allowing cameras in nursing home rooms.

See Debra Cassens Weiss, ‘Granny Cam’ Law Aimed at Curbing Nursing- Home Abuse Takes Effect in Oklahoma, ABA Journal, Nov. 20, 2013. 

Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.