These individual complaints target the group of private nursing homes for acts of “endangering the life of others“, from “no assistance to the person in danger“, but also for “manslaughter», «negligent violence ” and for “vol».
Nearly 80 complaints from families of residents were filed on Monday April 4 before the Nanterre public prosecutor’s office against the Orpea group, in particular for “endangering others” and “manslaughter“, announced to AFP the lawyer Sarah Saldmann, confirming information from the Parisian.
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These individual complaints target the group of private nursing homes for acts of “endangering the life of others“, from “no assistance to the person in danger“, but also for “manslaughter», «negligent violence ” and for “vol“. Contacted Monday by AFP, the Nanterre prosecutor’s office was unable to confirm receipt of these complaints. About thirty Ehpad are concerned, especially the establishment “Le Corbusier» located in Boulogne-Billancourt and the «Banks of the Seine” in Neuilly-sur-Seine, particularly targeted by the book-investigation “The Gravediggersby journalist Victor Castanet.
“Nothing has changed”
«I continue to receive reports of abuse every day, the malfunctions persist, nothing has changed“, indicated Me Sarah Saldmann. Since the publication of the book in January, the ARS IDF has carried out 90 inspections within accommodation establishments for dependent elderly people in the Ile-de-France region, with 707 Ehpad of which 19% are public, 33% private for the purpose of non-profit and 48% private for-profit. In a report published last Tuesday, the ARS also imposed measures on the Ehpad of “Banks of the Seine“. Its management has been ordered to reorganize its day and night shifts within three months. These directives are based on the observation of malfunctions.
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Asked by AFP last Tuesday, the Orpea group assured that it would implement these changes “as soon as possible» and presented his «apologies to residents and families“. Furthermore, following the investigation report by the General Inspectorates of Finance (IGF) and Social Affairs (IGAS), the government took legal action on the basis of article 40 of the code of criminal procedure, which obliges any authority to report criminal acts of which it becomes aware.