The placement under provisional administration of the Valdoie nursing home (Territoire de Belfort), in which around thirty residents and a nursing assistant died during the coronavirus crisis, has been extended by three months, announced on Friday July 31. Departmental Council. This establishment had been placed for the first time under provisional administration at the height of the epidemic, in early April.
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The final report of the administrators " highlights the structural difficulties in the care of residents, in the management and in terms of management of the nursing home (accommodation establishment for dependent elderly people) ", noted in a press release on Departmental Council of the Territory of Belfort.
The Burgundy-Franche-Comté Regional Health Agency and the Departmental Council have therefore extended “ the suspension of the authorization issued to the SERVIR association for the management of the Rosemontoise nursing home” in Valdoise. The provisional administration of this retirement home will thus be extended from August 7 for a period of three months. Thirty of the 115 residents of the La Rosemontoise nursing home died of Covid-19.
An investigation opened by the Belfort prosecutor's office
Last week, the Belfort prosecutor's office opened a criminal investigation for “ manslaughter ” after the death of a 53-year-old caregiver who contracted the virus.
The complaint from Patricia Boulak's family is the first in France concerning the death of a caregiver as a result of Covid-19, according to Me Fabien Arakélian who defends more than thirty families of nursing home residents who died of the virus in France. The son of a resident of the La Rosemontoise nursing home who died during the epidemic also filed a complaint.