Photos and videos

The photographs on your parent's shelves are likely ones they picked: which day, which frame, which spot by the window. Pictures taken during a care visit can end up passed between relatives, and it can be unclear who agreed to what.

Consent to care, in published guidance

Ireland's Health Service Executive, in its national consent policy for health and social care, says a person's agreement to their care should be given freely. England's Care Quality Commission, in its guidance for care providers on consent, says a person can refuse or withdraw consent to their care at any time.

Agreeing about pictures

Whether photos or videos are taken during visits at all is your parent's call, and changing their mind later is theirs too; family and provider can talk it over with them but not decide for them.

Questions for a provider might include what happens to pictures afterwards, and how your parent can say no later on.

Those sources cover Ireland and England only, and where your parent lives may do things differently.

Your parent's say over what the family sees is about having that conversation, and Keeping a parent's privacy when you help at home looks at privacy in the home more widely.