how Orpea is trying to contain the crisis

From the publication of the book The Gravediggers, posters have been posted in the Ehpad of the Orpea group. They denounce “willingness to harm” of the work and call on staff to “Stay united and united”. In his book-investigation, Victor Castanet points in particular to a “rationing” of hygiene care and even of food for residents.

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The brand new CEO and his director France are convened Tuesday, February 1, in the morning, by Brigitte Bourguignon, the Minister Delegate in charge of the Autonomy of the elderly, while meetings have been organized since Wednesday in certain retirement homes. “During the meeting the question was asked to the employees whether there were problems with nappies and food, says a CGT staff representative who works in an establishment in central France. Unanimously, the girls answered that indeed, there were these problems.”

“After this meeting, the referent [des stocks de] diapers was instructed by management to order diapers without restriction.”

A CGT staff representative from an establishment in central France

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Complaints therefore taken into account in this establishment in the center of France. In another nursing home, the instruction was given to report any problem immediately and not to let families take photos, says an employee.

Families of residents that Orpea is also trying to reassure. An email was sent to them to assure them of“extreme vigilance” of the group. Families who were more numerous, notes an employee, to visit their loved ones this weekend. “The book acts as a liberator of speech” families, assures the lawyer Sarah Saldmann who intends to file “early March” a joint collective action comprising a set of complaints against the Orpea group with the Paris public prosecutor.