Mold Investigation Reveals Secret Video Recorders in Florida Nursing Home
In May of 2009, while investigating Charlotte Harbor Healthcare, a nursing home in Port Charlotte, Florida, for mold, investigators found much more.
According to press reports, secret cameras were tucked away above several residents’ rooms and above the staffs’ break room. The cameras were set to run 24 hours a day and were fed to a closed-circuit television that was in the administrator’s office. The administrator apparently stated that the system was set up to deter theft and in some cases to prove theft. However, there is no proof that thievery had ever been a problem at the home. It was later discovered that no resident or family member have ever been advised that their privacy was being invaded by the clandestine cameras. To further this nursing home’s woes, the mold investigation proved positive. Mold in a nursing home can be particularly problematic due to the fact that residents are prone to respiratory illnesses.
