The nursing home sector is once again hit by turmoil. The extent of the dysfunctions affecting these establishments has recently been revealed. Residents’ families are now facing controversial new measures.
In this climate of growing distrust, criticism is intensifying, highlighting a management of the retirement home sector who seems out of breath.
A nursing home system in deep crisis
The nursing home system is currently running out of steam. Several successive crises, including the Orpea scandal, have revealed the structural deficiencies of these establishments. The effects of post-Covid inflation, coupled with outdated management models, are worsening an already alarming situation.
The urgency of rebuilding the retirement home model is underlined. Among the flagship proposals, we find the creation of a new day of solidarityinspired by that set up after the heatwave of 2003.
However, these recommendations divide public opinion and, above all, residents’ families, already affected by years of scandals and bad practices. This initiative is seen by many as an attempt to respond to a desperate situationbut it raises serious concerns.
A new controversial day of solidarity
The proposal for a new day of solidarity arouses strong reactions. Concretely, it would be a question ofa day worked but unpaid for employeeslike the measure adopted in 2004 after the deadly heatwave of 2003.
This day would be dedicated to the contribution solidarity autonomy (CSA), making it possible to collect approximately 2.4 billion additional euros intended to finance actions in favor of the autonomy of elderly or disabled people.
However, this initiative is not going smoothly. The potential removal of a public holiday to establish this day provokes an outcry among employeeswho fear seeing a new burden weigh on them, while other forms of income are not called upon.
Family anger and growing mistrust
Faced with these announcements, family anger intensifies. Already weakened by the revelations about mistreatment in certain establishments and the excesses of the Orpea group, they see this new measure as an additional form of abandonment.
For many families, the management of nursing homes is today marked by injustice and lack of transparency. Critics are multiplying, particularly on social networks, where some denounce a social regression.
An Internet user questions, for example, equality of employees : “From Pentecost Monday, we have arrived at an ordinary day so no one knows what is open or not, and between those who work 2 minutes more per day, and those who really go to work on a public holiday, where is the equality? “.
This quote perfectly illustrates the general feeling of injustice that affects families and employees, already experiencing numerous difficulties. This climate of tension fuels a growing feeling of distrust towards the government and nursing home managers.
