Seeking Quality Care for Nursing Home Patients

Sentry Garden™ was founded as a result of one family’s experiences with the nursing care system in the State of Ohio. They saw with great pain the lack of care the private nursing institutions gave to the patients they received so much in funding for. Their mother suffered a heart attack and a stroke while in the hospital. After her release she was sent to a quality-care facility until her insurance was depleted. During this time she was actively participating in physical therapy, to the point of being able to stand on her own, and even walk.

Unfortunately, after having to leave the first institution, the troubles began. And in 5 months she went from beginning recovery, standing, walking, and more to literally not being able to even sit up in her nursing home bed. The abundance of transient nurses, aides, and more were overwhelming, and the family watched as their mother suffered to the point to total and complete mental breakdown.

One day, they put a small video device and informed the staff they were being recorded. The change was enormous. The response time for pressing the call button went from 45 minutes at times down to 15-30 seconds. Aides did not appear in the room one at a time – they came in pairs. Linens began to be changed daily instead of what seemed like weekly. And significant wounds that were cleaned and changed every 3-4 days started to be changed on a daily basis.

Unfortunately, the experiences their mother went thru over 3 more institutions were the same, and she now doesn’t sit, stand, walk, cries in fear all the time, and is scared every time her family leaves her because she was not being properly cared for – until the camera was installed.

This experience, painful and with enormous heartache, has prompted the family to create a new line of attractive, easy to install, and ready to go Flower Pot Video Surveillance Systems so that they may improve the overall quality of care for all nursing home residents across the country. The fact is, when people are being watched and/or monitored, their entire duty to their jobs and their patients elevates.

We hope the Sentry Garden™ Flower Pots will provide the quality of care your loved one deserves before they degrade to the point like our family has had to watch. Growing old should not be a curse – it should be treated with dignity and respect, and we hope to improve the lives of those who need it most.