Clinical psychologist Marie de Hennezel calls for respect for the will of the elderly.
She is preparing to go out at Plon
L'Adieu forbidden
, an essay in which she denounces the policy of strict confinement in nursing homes and the lack of support for the dying during the Covid crisis.
LE FIGARO.
- You wrote that
"it was a mistake to strictly confine our old people"
.
How to protect frail elderly people while respecting their rights?
Marie DE HENNEZEL.
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It's a real ethical dilemma.
In the defense of nursing homes, it should be remembered that during the first period of confinement, they did not have the necessary means to protect themselves.
Some nursing homes have complied with the instructions by adapting them in a human way and others have applied them stupidly.
Fear generates inhuman behavior.
I was told the story of a 94 year old lady who found herself strictly locked in her room with no window to open.
This instruction had
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