How is Bernadette Chirac? While the former boss of the Yellow Pieces – an operation taken over by Brigitte Macron – has been silent about her health for a few years now, her daughter Claude has agreed to give some news. The one who was recently elected departmental councilor of Corrèze, on family land, responded to the site of The mountain.
The daughter of the late President Jacques Chirac – who died in 2019 – therefore spoke of the state of health of her mother, Bernadette, now 88 years old. “Things are peaceful, she is doing as well as she can. We all hope, and she the first, to be able to go to Corrèze in April. Which would allow me to be more present in Tulle and Brive and would undoubtedly make her very happy.“, thus confided Claude to our colleagues. For the time being, the former first lady still resides in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, in her chic apartment Quai Voltaire, and can count on the daily help of her daughter. .
Indeed, Claude Chirac has become a “helper” and therefore takes care of Bernadette Chirac, who now moves with the help of a wheelchair. “I made the personal choice to allow my parents to end their lives at home. nursing homes [au coeur d’un énorme scandale depuis quelques semaines, NDLR], I have no experience with it. On the other hand, I spoke a lot with nursing assistants who had worked there (…) I was lucky to be able to take care of my parents, because I have a husband [Frédéric Salat-Baroux, NDLR] who accepted it. Which is not obvious, because it is very restrictive. He supported me emotionally and materially, which is very important. Without his support, this would have been impossible.“, she clarified.
Bernadette Chirac, who has experienced some dramas in her life such as the death of her daughter Laurence, is therefore lucky, unlike many elderly people, to be able to continue to live in her furniture and her memories. An end of life that Claude tries to make as sweet as possible…