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The director of a specialized reception center for people with autism, Down’s syndrome or behavioral disorders, is sounding the alarm: there is a severe shortage of staff and some residents have to be separated. Plunged into a medico-social sector out of breath.
He’s missing half of his staff and can’t make it anymore. This director of a specialized shelter for people with autism, Down’s syndrome or pervasive behavioral disorders (PDD) is sounding the alarm: some days, for lack of time, caregivers become almost abusive towards residents. They no longer have a minute for “awakening” activities, little time for hygiene gestures and a general lack of attention which considerably disrupts the routine of the handicapped, who are already very fragile.
A sector with 50,000 vacancies
The staff who remained exhausted themselves, eventually falling ill and resigning in turn. The director of L’Orée de Sésame, in Saint-Baldoph, in Savoie, has even taken the decision to temporarily separate from certain residents and to leave rooms empty even as dozens of families in pain are waiting for a place for their loved ones. in his establishment. Plunged into a medico-social sector out of breath, which now has 50,000 vacancies.
A report by Marianne Getti, Florent Hayet, Jérôme Prouvost for Kraken Films broadcast in “Special Envoy” on April 13, 2023.
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