François Bouniol, who has a dozen nursing homes in the Ile-de-France area, says it is more advantageous to put a person in paid care home than under independent care. He is backing the French Hospitals Federation's project to publish a report next month of indicators of elder abuse in nursing homes. Photo: Le Figaro
The French Hospital Federation plans to establish “indicators” of mistreatment in nursing homes. According to François Bouniol who is promoting the project, there is huge opposition against the issue of guidelines as it is regarded as a financial rather than a human problem. The funds raised by those establishments from the French Department Councils are strongly linked to the degree of dependence of the retired persons. This explains the tendency to avoid encouraging their autonomy and the “artificial creation of bedridden persons.”
There are five pertinent and objective indicators that are likely to be introduced and to be reported by the nursing homes regularly, allowing control in the long run that is much more efficient than random controls, reports Delphine de Mallevoüe who prepared the survey for LE FIGARO according to an article published today.
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February 23, 2009
FRANCE: Report on elder abuse in nursing homes now under way
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PARIS, France / Le Figaro Daily / February 23, 2009
François Bouniol, who has a dozen nursing homes in the Ile-de-France area, says it is more advantageous to put a person in paid care home than under independent care. He is backing the French Hospitals Federation's project to publish a report next month of indicators of elder abuse in nursing homes. Photo: Le Figaro
The French Hospital Federation plans to establish “indicators” of mistreatment in nursing homes. According to François Bouniol who is promoting the project, there is huge opposition against the issue of guidelines as it is regarded as a financial rather than a human problem. The funds raised by those establishments from the French Department Councils are strongly linked to the degree of dependence of the retired persons. This explains the tendency to avoid encouraging their autonomy and the “artificial creation of bedridden persons.”
There are five pertinent and objective indicators that are likely to be introduced and to be reported by the nursing homes regularly, allowing control in the long run that is much more efficient than random controls, reports Delphine de Mallevoüe who prepared the survey for LE FIGARO according to an article published today.
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François Bouniol, who has a dozen nursing homes in the Ile-de-France area, says it is more advantageous to put a person in paid care home than under independent care. He is backing the French Hospitals Federation's project to publish a report next month of indicators of elder abuse in nursing homes. Photo: Le Figaro
The French Hospital Federation plans to establish “indicators” of mistreatment in nursing homes. According to François Bouniol who is promoting the project, there is huge opposition against the issue of guidelines as it is regarded as a financial rather than a human problem. The funds raised by those establishments from the French Department Councils are strongly linked to the degree of dependence of the retired persons. This explains the tendency to avoid encouraging their autonomy and the “artificial creation of bedridden persons.”
There are five pertinent and objective indicators that are likely to be introduced and to be reported by the nursing homes regularly, allowing control in the long run that is much more efficient than random controls, reports Delphine de Mallevoüe who prepared the survey for LE FIGARO according to an article published today.
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