First port of call should be how do people who behave like that get the jobs....so if the background checks fail then and one or two still slip through then the management of the care home needs an overhaul .

Good question

Working in the caring profession used to be a vocation or a kind of calling for people who genuinely wanted to nurse others and take care of them (I know for a fact that it's not something that I would be suited to doing for a living).

Nowadays though, because of a dearth of full time jobs for unskilled workers, people who wouldn't normally consider spending their days cleaning up after the elderly and incontinent, are finding themselves with no other choice than to take jobs in care homes purely for the money.

Also as people in general are living a lot longer now, more carers are needed to look after them.

Agencies and care homes literally cannot recruit enough staff to fill all the vacancies so I guess they are being forced to employ people who they possibly know are less than suitable for the job.

It's shameful that cameras (covert or otherwise) seem to be the only way to keep these people safe. I'm in full agreement of using them.