The judiciary is investigating possible abuse of the elderly in a nursing home belonging to the private DomusVi group in Toulouse, the public prosecutor’s office announced on Monday, January 15. The investigation, launched at the beginning of December following a report by the Regional Health Authority (ARS) of Occitania, aims in particular to determine whether this was the case “Mistreatment of vulnerable people”Toulouse prosecutor Samuel Vuelta-Simon told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Among the documents available to investigators is a transcription of recordings made by the daughter of a resident of the Résidence de l’Ecuyer nursing home. According to local online media mediawhich revealed the existence of these recordings, we hear how one or more employees insulted this 91-year-old man – treated, among other things, as “Bastard” – or address him in a disrespectful tone, saying in particular: “You really piss me off. Besides, you have shit everywhere.”
Two years after the Orpea scandal, which shone a harsh light on seniors’ residences, another private group, Emera, was accused of failings by families in December “Abuse” from the CGT. An investigation into “habitual violence against vulnerable people” was launched in the Gironde after a complaint was received against one of the group’s establishments.
Regarding Orpea, which is accused of institutional abuses, the Nanterre public prosecutor’s office said on January 8 that it had opened a judicial investigation against Orpea. The private nursing home union Synerpa hired in January 2023 “Charter” For “Put ethics and transparency back at the heart of supporting older people.”signed by 1,827 members, including the main groups in the sector: Korian, Colisée and DomusVi.
