Renovation operation for Orpea.
The group, which presents its annual results on Friday, is organizing an open house from mid-May to try to reassure people about its practices.
At the time of this facelift aimed at making people forget the scandal of mistreatment of its residents, its boss, appointed after the controversy, looks in the rear view mirror for the Journal du Dimanche: Orpea has, he says, "sinned by lack of rigor ".
“The time has come to build the new Orpea, in transparency,” he believes.
"This is why we are launching
the general assembly of Orpea
", the idea being to open, between May 13 and June 11, the doors of our Ehpad to the families of residents, elected officials, the associative world, journalists and all citizens interested in the issue of old age,” he says.
Employee overtime soon to be paid
The first conclusions of the two external audits carried out by the group point to flaws in the care of patients.
“Reporting of serious healthcare-related adverse events, in particular, was too slow;
there may have been omissions”, recognizes Philippe Charrier.
The audits also show the existence of year-end discounts from suppliers of publicly funded products.
“Orpea sinned by lack of rigor.
Today, we know, so we correct, ”assures the CEO.
To fight against understaffing, the private group will "now pay overtime, study the possibility of offering better mutual insurance" to its "employees, facilitate their career development and changes in status", he continues.
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Orpea recently filed a complaint against X for misuse of corporate assets.
This "complaint against unnamed persons" relates to "past facts and operations - unrelated to the conditions of reception and care of residents - likely to raise questions with regard to the social interest of Orpea and discovered at the continuation of internal investigations”, had explained the group at the beginning of May.
The group has been under fire from critics since the publication at the end of January of the investigative book by independent journalist Victor Castanet, "Les Fossoyeurs".
A report commissioned by the government pointed to serious dysfunctions in early April.
And the group has been the subject of a judicial inquiry since the end of April, opened in Nanterre, on suspicion of institutional mistreatment or financial offences.