The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

“It's the blackout”: the great anguish of the families of Ehpad residents

2020-03-25T20:21:28.842Z


TESTIMONIALS - Relatives of elderly people in nursing homes who agreed to testify at the Figaro call use very strong words to describe their anxieties.


We are living a real way of the cross! Christine, whose 81-year-old mother, suffering from a neurodegenerative disease, is taken care of in the Parc des Dames residence in Saint-Germain-en-Laye (Yvelines) lets her anxiety and anger explode. “For several weeks, the rumor of contaminations and deaths linked to Covid-19 has been running among families. As bad news gathered, we had fewer and fewer management responses. As we can no longer see our loved ones and most of them find it difficult to communicate on the phone, we are reduced to trusting them. It's very scary not knowing what is going on behind the walls of the residence ”

Read also: Coronavirus: the vagueness of mortality in nursing homes exasperates local elected officials

Ultimately, it was in the media that worried families and the social life council of the retirement home heard the bad news. Fourteen residents of this Korian residence have died since the start of the coronavirus epidemic.

This article is for subscribers only. You still have 85% to discover.

Subscribe: € 1 for 2 months

cancellable at any time

Enter your email

Already subscribed? Log in

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2020-03-25

You may like

News/Politics 2024-03-10T10:28:40.113Z
Life/Entertain 2024-03-25T14:14:32.983Z

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.