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“One day it will be our turn to go to a retirement home, we have to fight!”: the daughter of a resident of an Ehpad Orpea recounts her battle

2023-01-22T21:43:52.434Z


TESTIMONY – From her mother's entry into the establishment, in 2015, until her death in June 2022, an incessant showdown pitted her against the management.


No more than two layers per day.

Understaffed caregivers.

Low-end food… Turning the pages of Les

Fossoyeurs

, Victor Castanet's investigative book, Caroline was seized by a feeling of deja vu.

At 58, this high school teacher fought for more than seven years with the management of the Orpea nursing home in Caen, where her mother was cared for.

From the entry of the old lady into the establishment, in 2015, until her death in June 2022, an incessant standoff opposed her to the management.

At first, however, everything had seemed

"suitable"

to him .

“My first impression was very good, but I quickly became disenchanted

, she sighs.

The director resigned a few months after my mother arrived.

The pretty little garden that I thought was intended for residents only accommodated staff for cigarette breaks.

The elderly, they remained locked in their room.

Then it was the

“recurring flights”

that alerted her.

“Brand perfumes, cashmere sweaters…

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Source: lefigaro

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