“We feel that there is a big mistrust around nursing homes. I wanted to reassure families and address their concerns. This was the purpose of the coffee-debate organized on Wednesday April 6, at the Molière café, in Chartres, on the initiative of Danny Forster, director of the Aquarelle nursing home, at Bazoche-Gouet, in a particularly tense context after the book revelations The Gravediggerson the Ehpad of the Orpea group (nearly 80 families filed a complaint, Monday April 4, while the report of the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs and the General Inspectorate of Finance on the group was made public on Tuesday, April 5).
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Reassure and soothe
“It’s a very sensitive question, all the more so at the moment given the context around the news, but I don’t understand why it’s so sensitive when you have nothing to reproach yourself for”, underlines the director of the La Bazoche nursing home.
I am not reassured by the lack of animation, in particular. I don’t want to put her in a deathbed.
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Katia, a resident of Mainvilliers, came to find out about the possible placement of her dependent mother in a retirement home. “As a caregiver, we always have the concern to do well and I am worried about placing my mother in this type of establishment, but this appointment has somewhat alleviated my concerns”, explains the Mainvilloise. “I am not very confident after visiting establishments in the department. I am not reassured by the lack of animation, in particular. I don’t want to put her in a deathbed. »
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For the sake of transparency, Danny Forster, accompanied by part of his team – Céline, the housekeeper of the Watercolor nursing home and Monique, the psychologist -, opened the dialogue and insisted on the role that the directors of these establishments for old people have to play.
“Few directors respond and it’s a shame. This leaves room for doubt and this lack of response inevitably induces a feeling of concern among the families. »
Danny Forster (director of the watercolor nursing home in la Bazoche-Gouet)
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Also present, Rémi Martial (LR), the mayor of Lèves, Ladislas Vergne (LR), municipal councilor of Chartres, as well as Luc Lamirault (Agir ensemble / Horizons), deputy for the 3rd district (Nogent-le-Rotrou / Lucé) , all three welcomed the move. “We must be aware of the demographic shift that has taken place and to which we are never adapted”, analyzes the mayor of Lèves. “With the increase in the number of inactive people compared to active people, it can’t hold. We have to take this subject seriously. »
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An alarming lack of staff
A dozen young people registered with the Local Mission, some interested in care professions, particularly in retirement homes, also came to inquire with the team at the Aquarelle nursing home, highlighting their difficulties in finding an internship in nursing homes. in the department, while the sector is sorely lacking in personnel.
On March 21, the Ministry of Solidarity and Health launched a recruitment campaign faced with the shortage of personnel in the care and support professions. A campaign concerns four trades: caregivers, nurses, specialized educators and educational and social support.
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“There is such a shortage in nursing homes that we have recently been authorized to hire carers, on the condition that they have either started training to become caregivers, or that they are in the process of validation of learning through experience,” recalls Danny Forster.
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