Aged care CCTV trial starts in South Australia after delays and tweaks

After years of delays, an Australian-first trial of CCTV cameras inside the rooms of aged care residents has finally started.

The program is being piloted at two South Australian homes and follows the shocking findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care and Quality, which uncovered disturbing cases of abuse and mistreatment of some of our most vulnerable. 

The South Australian Government announced it would trial the idea two years ago. 

Five state-run sites were meant to be involved by the end of 2019, but that has shrunk to two. 

The cameras have been switched on at the Mount…