Health Minister George Abbott defended the BC government's supervision of seniors' homes Wednesday, as opposition critics kept the het on in the wake of incidents of neglect and abuse of residents.

NDP leader Carole James added another chapter Wednesday, after revelations of staff firings for taking inappropriate photos of patients in Summerland Seniors Village in 2006, the appointment of a public administrator at Victoria's Beacon Hill Village last year and a 2007 audit revealing inadequate supervision of Golden Ears seniors centre in Maple Ridge.