a former leader gives a damning testimony on the backstage of the group

Patrick Métais is one of the former senior executives at Orpea. For ten years he worked to expand the clinical part of the group. He decided to come out of the shadows and give his testimony, especially in the investigation of the book “Les Fossoyeurs” dealing with abuse in nursing homes. He says Orpea’s policy is clear: “earn the most money by spending the least”. At Orpea “The human is not the subject, and the approach is industrial. Profitability, how is it possible in the care and management of sick people?”he asks himself.

It also confirms the nutritional deficiencies revealed in some of the Orpea residents, as these are decisions taken by management to increase profitability. Only four euros a day are planned to feed each resident, when families spend between 6,000 and 10,000 euros in the residence. Patrick Métais also expresses remorse and guilt for having participated in this system. “I admit I only realized it after the fact, which is terrible”he confides.