Thibaud Hue 07:31, February 09, 2022, modified at 07:32, February 09, 2022
After the scandals, voices continue to be raised against nursing homes.
Those of residents, families, but also caregivers who often lack the means.
Europe 1 went to Neuville-sur-Oise, in the Paris region, where caregivers from the city's nursing home are on strike to demand better working conditions.
REPORTING
The nursing homes are still in turmoil.
The scandal revealed by journalist Victor Castanet in his book
Les Fossoyeurs
continues to free speech around lucrative establishments.
In Neuville-sur-Oise in Val-d'Oise, caregivers at the Château de Neuville nursing home have stepped up to the plate against their management and have been on strike for 37 days.
Standing just in front of the gates of the establishment, they warm up around a brazier while singing in chorus: "We don't let go, we don't let go!"
Europe 1 met these caregivers who are demanding better working conditions.
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"A shower every 15 days"
Sarah, a nursing assistant, has a tense face when she recounts her days with the residents: "There are very specific shower days, but we couldn't! So sometimes it was a shower every 15 days. For lack of time, for lack of colleagues. We explained to them that we had no choice, that we couldn't do otherwise. It's hard frankly."
In this establishment, these women are overwhelmed and their phones keep ringing.
Some do not take a break for lunch for fear of having to neglect their care further.
Others, like Siham, strain on their backs, which have become fragile, to take on a task alone, instead of working together.
This nurse and CGT union representative is oppressed by understaffing.
"When a resident talks to us and starts to tell us a story, we have to get closer to the door because we know that our time is running out. It starts the abuse here," she says at the microphone of Europe 1 .
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The dysfunctional Ehpad system
The revelations about the situation of Orpea's establishments even gave them a second wind to hold on.
"When this book came out, we realized that it was organized and that it was systematic," adds a caregiver.
"We realized that we weren't alone, that we weren't crazy. And passers-by finally understood why we had been on the street for so long."
If the discussions with the management of the Ehpad are difficult, the caregivers remain firm.
The strike will not end without better working conditions.