Jacqueline Dupont Honored as Ethics Business Person of the Year 2011
This award was given to Jacqueline Dupont at the 9th annual Conference on Business and Ethics on April 14, 2011 in Orange County, California. The event was sponsored by the Orange Catholic Foundation. Dr. Dupont “demonstrated that holding true to values of fairness and honesty can be the gateway to success and not a hindrance, and they serve as an inspiration for others.” Read more details about her award here.
Here are photos of Jacqueline Dupont receiving the award and the video played at the Conference about her great contributions to our local and global communities. Congratulations, Jacque!
You can watch Jacqueline Dupont’s acceptance speech in the video below:
Ever since Irvine Cottages opened their doors and accepted residents in September 1996, the news media has reported multiple times about the wonderful care Irvine Cottages offers ~ from media outlets such as The Orange County Register, CNN, Dateline, CNBC, Fox, Orange Coast Magazine, Time Magazine and The Wall Street Journal.
One note-worthy news story focused on the owner, Jacqueline Dupont, and her fight to protect older adults with dementia by implementing her full-spectrum Camera Monitoring project.
This important eldercare program was objected to and rejected by some. Dr. Dupont, along with families from the Cottages, fought all the way to Sacramento to receive permission — a long fight that took from 1996 to 2000. In the end, and with much public support, the Cottages were allowed to have cameras in all rooms. At Irvine Cottages they espouse to protect their seniors from abuse and theft. Falls can be detected, as well as lost items found by reviewing the videotapes. Families give consent in writing for their loved ones to receive 24 hour camera monitoring, and also have the option to turn the cameras off at any time — although no one in 16 years has ever requested it.
Monitoring the cameras also protects the staff from false accusations, and is used for reinforcing training techniques taught. Many caregivers do not want to work for Irvine Cottages when they find out there are cameras recording them. Dr. Dupont then questions, “What do they have to hide?” Every employee must give their consent to be monitored 24 hours a day. The staff actually loves the cameras due to the protection they’re afforded, and the added benefit of allowing the administrative staff to see their great caregiving actions!
Currently all of the Cottages have camera monitoring systems. It is a win-win situation for everyone! No other eldercare facility in the United States has a camera system such as ours.
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