Monitored-person monitoring device and monitored-person monitoring method

One example of this monitored-person monitoring device is a monitored-person monitoring system that is provided with a monitoring function suspension processing unit that suspends a monitoring function whereby prescribed actions performed by a monitored person that is a monitoring target are detected and made known. This monitored-person monitoring method is provided with: a detection step that is for detecting prescribed actions performed by a monitored person that is a monitoring target; a notification step that is for giving notification of the detection results; and a monitoring function suspension processing step that is for suspending at least one of the detection step and the notification step.