The public prosecutor's office confirms investigations into bodily harm in 88 cases against the Schliersee senior citizens' residence.
The BR reports that the district office ignored information.
The authority rejects that.
Schliersee
- What the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation (BR) reported yesterday contradicts everything that the District Office has been claiming for months about the Schliersee senior citizens' residence: District Administrator Olaf von Löwis has confirmed that the "Specialist Office for Disabled and Care Facilities - Quality Development and Supervision" (FQA, formerly Home supervision) had not followed up on many complaints about the scandalous care facility.
"Yes.
I want to leave it that way ”, Löwis is said to have said.
"Did you research well."
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Löwis' alleged statement is surprising.
Because our newspaper has also asked the district office several times in the past few months about the controls in the senior citizens' residence.
Former employees and relatives had repeatedly reported terrible stories from the home - almost always with the reference that the home supervisor knew about it, but was not doing anything.
The district office had always rejected the guilt (we reported).
"In fact, we have already asked ourselves where all the complainants who are now making allegations against home and home supervision have been in recent years," wrote the authority, for example, in June 2020. Complaints were in no way received in the same number and severity as they did showed up later.
With every single note, the home supervisor drove into the home without prior notice. “The complaints on the spot turned out to be not as serious as it is now in retrospect in some accounts.
They were comparable to other institutions.
Every single defect found was documented and, if necessary, punished, ”it said at the time.
District Office rejects criticism of senior citizens' residence: "Out of context"
How do both statements fit together?
"The quote from the district administrator (at BR, editor's note) is out of context," said a spokeswoman for the authority yesterday.
It is correct: The home supervisor has not been able to investigate all complaints about the senior citizens' residence - but not out of negligence.
On the one hand, in the case of late complaints, she could not check whether a resident was actually in his own excretions weeks ago.
On the other hand, the two operator changes since 2016 have made her work more difficult: allegations against former operators no longer apply after a change.
Much like a restaurant cannot be held responsible for the hygiene deficiencies of the previous owner, the home supervisor had to start from scratch with each new operator and has not made any progress.
Löwis therefore called for more legal action in the BR.
The statement that he wanted to leave it that way relates to a different problem: the same deficiencies have repeatedly occurred with every operator.
The BR asked whether the home supervision could have got to the point faster and shouldn't have started over and over again from scratch.
Löwis said yes and pointed out the changes under his leadership.
Hence the sentence "We turned it off as quickly and as well as we could", which the BR also quotes.
As reported, the district office under Löwis has created the department 44 “Care, FQA and seniors”, which bundles senior issues.
When it was founded in January, Löwis said that the events in the senior citizens' residence had most clearly revealed the need for action.
How clear, now reveals the district office: Among other things, an employee was on leave.
"There is no stone left unturned."
Public prosecutor's office is investigating assault
How severe the problems in the senior citizens' residence were is also shown by the fact that the Munich II public prosecutor's office is now investigating the home for bodily harm to 88 residents.
She is also reviewing 17 deaths.
An indictment is likely.
The BR also reports of two exhumations of former residents.
The investigations, which are now well advanced, refer to several months until May 2020 and were directed against four people, including a former facility manager, according to the public prosecutor.
There were neglected and malnourished people in the home.
Relatives and former employees also reported about expired medication, unqualified staff and constant need to save.