Philippe Charrier as well as the Director General for France of the private group of EHPAD must meet with the Minister responsible for the autonomy of the elderly. The company is severely questioned by the book investigation “the graves”.
Le Monde with AFP
The direction of ORPEA, in the turmoil since the publication of a charge against the reception conditions in the Group’s EHPAD, is convened, Tuesday, February 2, by the Minister responsible for the autonomy of persons older. Burgundy Brigitte said expected explanations to accusations of “exceptional gravity”.
The general manager for France, Jean-Christophe Romersi, and the new CEO, Philippe Charrier, are expected at 9:15. “I wish all the light be made on the reported facts”, warned the minister on Twitter, a week after the shock wave caused by the exit of the book investigates the graves.
Independent journalist Victor Castanet describes a system where hygiene care, medical care, or even meals of residents are “rationed” to improve the profitability of the company. And then, while stays are charged at a strong price.
The private group, which continues to reject these accusations, attempted to light a first counter-fire on Sunday night, as a director director for more than ten years, Yves the Masks.
This departure “does not bother that the charges are founded”, according to a source close to the group. The company wishes to “wash (sound) honor” and “improve the system if there were malfunctions,” adds this source.
Towards a collective procedure of families
By the judicial plan, ORPEA is also under the threat of a “joint collective action” launched by families of angry residents. By complaining simultaneously, they “hear number, having weight facing a giant”, Monday explained their lawyer, Mr. Sarah Saldmann, who wants to start this procedure by a few weeks for, according to the files, “Homicide involuntary , deliberate endangered of the life of others, violence by negligence “or” non-assistance to person in danger “.
Acceded, ORPEA announced its own “Independent Evaluation Mission”, entrusted to “two leading firms” – always “being appointed”.
Friday, its establishment of Neuilly, “The banks of the Seine”, particularly pointing in the survey of Victor Castanet, was the subject of a diligent inspection by the Regional Health Agency (ARS) d Ile-de-France and the Departmental Council of Hauts-de-Seine. The same residence is also subject to a preliminary inquiry open in 2020 by the Nanterre Prosecutor’s Office, following a complaint for unintentional homicide facts about a resident.
The private EHPAD sector as a whole “has nothing to hide” and even plays a multiplication of controls, has made Monday the Synerpa, the main union of private EHPAD. “This crisis highlights the need for urgently review the quality control and assessment systems in EHPAD,” said Press Florence Arnaiz-Maumé, the General Delegate of Synerpa.
The professional organization will also have a commission for drawing up a “ethical charter”, said that responsible, for whom the dysfunctions mentioned in the book, “if they are proven, are Identifiable “.