Sophie Boissard, director of Korian, answers questions from Elise Lucet

Unqualified staff, rationed meals, insufficient staff: after the earthquake caused by the book The Gravediggers on the “Orpea system”, France 2’s “Cash Investigation” magazine in turn looked into the practices of for-profit nursing homes, with a survey broadcast on Tuesday March 1 evening, this time centered on the Korian group. At the end of its broadcast, Elise Lucet interviewed Sophie Boissard, general manager of the group, on set.

The boss of the Korian group first accused Marie Maurice, director of the survey, of having put forward experience as a caregiver to get hired in one of her nursing homes. Charges to which “Cash Investigation” responded specifically in an article published on our site.

Questioned by Elise Lucet, Sophie Boissard also refuted the many elements of the investigation of “Cash”, which show in particular that the management of the company takes care to only partially replace the nursing staff when they take their leave. The report looks like a “indictment” which contains “perfectly deceptive things”she argued.

Most of the difficulties encountered in Korian facilities are due to a “serious shortage of trained and qualified personnel”underlined the general manager, refuting any cheating in the statements of the group on its workforce.