POINT OF VIEW.Lapublication, Wednesday, January 26, of the book "Les Foussoyeurs" by Victorcastanet created an earthquake within the Orpea group.The shock revelations of Cebrûlot on the reception of our "old people" moved the opinion and created a crisis of discontinuance with regard to the private nursing homes.The controversy is such that Legovernment must have seized the subject.

The Director General of Orpea France are in the office of Brigitte Bourguignon this Tuesday, February 1.Jean-Christophe Romersi will have to explain himself to the Minister Delegate responsible for the autonomy of the elderly.The General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (IGAS) could quickly diligen an investigation within the entire Orpea group.

En parallèle, ce dimanche 30 janvier, le directeur général d'Orpea, Yves Le Masne, a été démis de ses fonctions par le conseil d'administration de la société. Il est remplacé à ce poste par Philippe Charrier qui devient PDG "avec effet immédiat".

Edifying investigation in prime time

Emotion, anger and indignation are obviously legitimate.However, awareness will have taken time to infuse.Because long before the Devictor Castanet book, a report broadcast on France 2, in September 2018, should have an opinion and the authorities.

Broadcast in the context of the program "Special Envoy" and entitled "retirement homes: behind the facade", this investigation behind the scenes of the Orpea Etkorian groups was edifying.

Abandoned residents to their fate, rationing of meals, lack of staff, lack of care ... Everything that "the gravediggers" denounces today was already in the report of special envoy.

Hidden camera

Among the highlights of this investigation, the images shot in the camera hidden by the son of the resident one.They showed an elderly person who fell from his faults on the ground in the middle of a room, asking for help without a person to rescue it;While other residents visibly disoriented withdrawn in the corridors.

The nurses and nursing assistants were deserted.In the dining area, dependent people who are unable to request on their own were abandoned to their fate in front of their meal tray.Very harsh images, reinforced by overwhelming testimonies.

1 euro parrepas

The lyrics are, for example, those of a former director explaining that the lagsion of these private commercial establishments, who cost the residents of 3000 euros per month, is almost central.Expenditure is necessary to inflate the profits and achieve a target set at 30%margin.In the event of absence, the staff would only be partially partially.

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A Cooksmanship of the Orpea group explained that they had to concoct the menus of an entire day with only 4 € 22 budget per resident.Breakfast, lunch, taste and dinner for ... less than € 5.It says a lot about the quality ofrepas.This cook will explain to be yogurt or by butter share ...

"People die for lack of care"

In this Elise Lucet teams, emergency doctors also testify to the indecent care of certain nursing homes.These doctors are experiencing the backdrop of these sometimes flashy establishments seen from outside. They are regularly called to come and rescue residents whose health has worsened.

"On peuttout à fait dire qu’aujourd’hui, on a des personnes qui décèdent par manque desoins", constate froidement face caméra un urgentiste du Samu 93. Ce médecinévoque le cas d’une intervention pour une infection urinaire nontraitée, qui s’était transformée en chocsceptique : "La personne était dans un état gravissime alors que si elleavait été vue 48 heures avant et qu’on avait prescrit des antibiotiques, dans99% des cas l’évolution aurait été favorable."

Collective amnesia, selective indignation

The 45 minutes of this special envoy report had, at the time, not allowed to change things.The best premium of this status quo is the book by Victor Castanet which seems to denounce the same things today.

From there to think of these alert donors are useless, there is a step that should not be done.By dint of denouncing, showing and repeating things, deceptions and sanctions will eventually fall.The authorities are moved today to deliver "the gravediggers", why were they not indignant in the aftermath of the broadcast of "behind the facade"?

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It is against a collective amnesia that it is a question of fighting.The one that pushes us to do not see things opposite.By cradling with illusions and continuing to entrust the end of life of our elders to witness who assure us that everything will go well.No longer let "the Fossoyeurs" act "behind the facade", because now no one can say that he did not know.

The entire report "retirement homes: behind the facade", broadcast on September 20, 2018 as part of the Envoy Special program, is to be seen here.