This change at the head of the company intervenes following the revelations of the book “The graves”, which denounces serious dysfunctions and abuses in the institutions of the group.
Le Monde with AFP and Reuters
Orpea’s Board of Directors, a group implicated this week in a book on the management of accommodation institutions for elderly dependent (EHPAD) in France, announced Sunday 30 January the limogeod of its general manager. , Yves the Masks, and the appointment of a new CEO. This new President and CEO, Philippe Charrier, appointed with immediate effect, “will have the mission to guarantee, under the control of the Council (of administration), that the best practices are applied throughout the enterprise and to make all the light on the advanced allegations “, said Orpea in a communiqué . Philippe Charrier was Managing Director of Pharmaceutical Laboratories Mayoly Spindler since 2019.
This change at the head of Orpea intervenes a few days after the release of the book the graves, of which [Nime] published the good leaves. The independent Victor Castanet reporter describes a system where hygiene care, medical care, or even residents’ meals, are “rationally” to improve the profitability of ORPEA. And then, while stays are charged at a strong price.
ORPEA, which claims like “one of the world’s leading actors of the overall management of dependence, with a network of 1,156 establishments for 116,514 beds,” challenges, which it qualifies to ” misleading, outrageous and detrimental “. The group announced Wednesday that it mandated two firms to conduct an independent evaluation. The Director General France, Jean-Christophe Romersi, was summoned next Tuesday by the Minister responsible for autonomy, Brigitte Bourguignon.
INSPECTION OF THE ARS
The publication of the book has dropped the orpea title, listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, and has generated many indignant reactions from union and political leaders.
The Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Ile-de-France has led Friday an inspection in the ORPEA group of NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (Hauts-de-Seine). This inspection of the ARS took place “for several hours” on Thursday in the establishment of the banks of Seine, located in Neuilly-sur-Seine. According to Our colleagues in FranceInfo , the ARS inspectors Multiple caregivers and some staff members have returned from special leave to be heard.
It takes a delay of “a few days” to know the results of the investigation, added this source. A spokesman for the ORPEA group confirmed that this inspection had taken place and that it was now complete. According to another source close to the file, this inspection was conducted jointly with the Departmental Council of Hauts-de-Seine, which participates in the financing of the EHPAD dependency component. This inspection is for the investigation requested from the LRA by the Government.