“A new confinement would no longer be tolerated” in nursing homes, said Brigitte Bourguignon yesterday. The Minister Delegate in charge of Autonomy rather pleads for a “systematic” screening and a “targeted” isolation of residents.
However, after new cases of Covid-19 contamination, several nursing homes in France had to close their doors to visitors and resume draconian measures.
“My mom, it’s not a dog!”
This is the case of the Huguette Valsecchi nursing home in the 15th arrondissement of the capital. This establishment made the decision to reconfine its residents since August 12 after the discovery of 3 positive cases.
“We are reduced to calls. Do you realize? Says Sabrina, tears in her eyes. It is not unworthy? It is not inhuman? My mom, it is not a dog!”.
Locked in this nursing home, his mother explains living “a nightmare. We are confined in our rooms and, in addition, we are forbidden to see our children and that’s terrible. I have the impression of not surviving, I cry every day. We must help us “.
“No one can blame them for letting the virus in”
The decision of a reconfinement taken by some directors of EPHAD is explained by their fear of being criminally prosecuted according to Claudette Brialix, president of an association to help the elderly.
“When the risk returns and they know that in addition they can no longer ask for more from an already exhausted staff, they prefer to confine by telling themselves that no one can reproach them for leaving the doors open and having let the virus in “.
For her, the solution necessarily passes through consultation with residents and families before any decision is taken.
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