Oakden whistleblower calls for surveillance cameras in Australian nursing homes

Stewart Johnston wants royal commission to recommend cameras that can be triggered by raised voices or swear words

The son of an elderly woman abused at South Australia's notorious Oakden nursing home hopes the royal commission will recommend installing surveillance cameras to catch out misconduct.

Whistleblower Stewart Johnston's late mother, Helen, spent three weeks as an outpatient at the now closed scandal-plagued facility back in 2008. He said she was traumatised from the experience until her death in 2014.