Ohio law allowing cameras in nursing home rooms to prevent abuse goes into effect
Esther Piskor, whose abuse inspired the Ohio state "Esther’s Law," is pictured in provided family photos. (Photos: Provided / Steve Piskor) COLUMBUS, Ohio - A state law in Ohio allowing cameras and other electronic monitoring devices to be installed in the rooms of nursing home residents went into effect this week — the culmination of one man’s advocacy for over a decade after his elderly mother suffered abuse and neglect at a facility.Esther’s Law, which went into effect on Wednesday, aims to prevent elder abuse.
It requires nursing home facilities to make reasonable accommodations for such cameras, and it prohibits them from retaliating against residents who wish to install them.
It allows nursing homes to post a sign outside the resident’s room that cameras are operating. It also requires consent by the resident or their representative before a camera can be placed in their room.
If the nursing home resident has a roommate, the other resident or their representative must also give authorization. Esther’s Law was inspired by Esther Piskor, who was in her 70s and living with dementia at a Cleveland-area nursing home and suffered abuse and neglect while at the facility.Her son, Steve Piskor, often visited his mother, who required care from staff for all of her needs due to Alzheimer’s disease.
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