- France 2 revealed on Wednesday that powers of attorney had been established in Marseille without the knowledge of about fifty residents, sometimes sick with Alzheimer's.
- The management of an Ehpad denies any involvement in the case of suspected proxy fraud and announces that it will file a complaint against X.
The management of the group to which a Marseille Ehpad belongs where powers of attorney had been made for the municipal authorities for about fifty residents, without their knowledge according to families, Friday denied any involvement in the establishment of these documents.
"We reiterate that at no time did the management of the establishment organize the proxy vote, which was then occupied in preserving the residents from the looming Covid-19 crisis," said in a press release. forwarded to AFP the general management of the Univi group, to which belongs the Ehpad (accommodation establishment for dependent elderly) Saint-Barnabé.
Proxies of fifty residents
In total, powers of attorney were established for about fifty residents of the establishment, which has 130 places, including 15 for people with Alzheimer's, according to the signing lists consulted by AFP.
Wednesday evening, France 2 had broadcast testimonies of relatives of residents of this retirement home, who discovered that powers of attorney had been established without their knowledge, and even while some were suffering from neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.
"It's pitiful," reacted yesterday to AFP the son of one of the residents aged 89, who discovered a few days ago that a power of attorney had been made for his mother suffering from "senile dementia " "I do not know the name of the person who was given the power of attorney, but it is impossible that my mother did that. "
Complaint against X
Thursday, the investigators began to interview the 51 residents concerned as well as the employees of the Marseille establishment, specifies the management of the Univi group. Believing that the nursing home "is today suffering damage linked to the possible deterioration of its image", the group's general management plans to file a complaint against X.
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