The boss of Orpea retirement homes is also summoned Tuesday morning by the Minister Delegate for the Autonomy of the Elderly.
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The government will take measures to strengthen controls in nursing homes, learned franceinfo Friday January 28 from government sources, while an inspection has been underway since Thursday at the Orpea retirement home “Les Bords de Seine” in Neuilly-sur -Seine (Hauts-de-Seine), near Paris. The establishment “Les Bords de Seine” has already been inspected by the Regional Health Agency in 2018, without effect, which concerns the top of the State, since the revelations of the book The Gravediggers which depicts serious dysfunctions.
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The current flash investigation will have to determine if the ARS recommendations for the year 2019 have been followed up and, if not, why. But the case more broadly fuels questions about the handling of complaints reports and the effectiveness and monitoring of controls, according to a source within the executive. This is why measures to strengthen checks and the monitoring of these checks must be announced by the end of next week. The objective is to ensure that the injunctions are implemented.
In addition, the boss of Orpea is summoned Tuesday morning by Brigitte Bourguignon, the Minister Delegate for the Autonomy of the Elderly. Appointment which should not, according to our information, allow the group to escape an investigation by the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (Igas), in its other retirement homes. Sanctions can go as far as closing establishments.