families of residents demand justice

For years, they thought they were the only ones to have had such an experience. The revelations of the book The Gravediggers shocked them. Now, Isabella Schwartz and Sophie Mayer want to testify and demand accountability. Their respective mothers died shortly after a visit to an Ehpad Orpea. Both accuse the group of neglect and abuse.

“She takes off her mask, and what do I see? All her teeth were broken. How, in two months, can you have all your teeth broken, lose your veneers? (…) It seems unthinkable to me, So that would mean that there was no hygiene”, deplores Isabelle Schwartz, who also adds that her mother suffered several fractures. Each tells in detail of repeated falls, never explained, and long hours before help and relatives are notified. “We arrive at the hospital, where I found mum in tears, suffering martyrdom, telling me that she had called, that no one had come. something dreadful“, recount Sophia Mayer. This type of testimony is multiplying. Many families are now demanding justice and class action is brewing.