Question 12781 — social and medico-social institutions

Summary

Ms. Colette Capdevielle alerts the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and Disabled People to the consequences of the financialization of old age. In January 2026, the ARS and the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department jointly decided to close the EHPAD Les Hortensias located in its district due to serious and persistent malfunctions. This decision was imposed despite the human drama that it constitutes so much for residents, attached to their place of life, and for staff. The EHPAD Les Hortensias is a private establishment belonging to the BELAGE group whose cost is the most expensive in the department. Multiple inspections revealed poor hygiene, a lack of basic medical equipment, no blood pressure monitor, expired consumables, temperatures of 13 degrees in certain rooms and even construction workers accommodated in some rooms unoccupied. Since the earthquake caused by the ORPEA affair, inspections have multiplied in the territory and confirm serious failings putting seniors in danger. This observation is not that of a local news item, but highlights the risks associated with a market model that sacrifices the dignity of the elderly. Also, she questions him about the state of the work promised for a major law on dependency, announced for several years, but still absent to this day. She also asks what sanctions and means the Government intends to implement to prevent these closures and effectively protect seniors from unacceptable failings in an alarming context of financialization of old age.

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