Forbidden zone: rape, humiliation … Bernadette, 72, victim of abuse by her home helpers, testifies

Elder care is a hot topic. Subject discussed this Sunday, January 29 in Zone Interdite on M6. The journalists returned to the abuse scandals in Ehpad and also gave the floor to Bernadette, an elderly woman who claims to have suffered violence from several home helpers.

We are no longer considered at all

In this new issue presented by Ophélie Meunier, we discover the portrait of this septuagenarian who says that she lost her autonomy six years ago. She therefore had to be accompanied by home help, but not everything went as planned…

A carer particularly marked the life of Bernadette, who says: “She remained standing in front of me, her hands on her hips, watch me do my business. It is the horror ! And I dared not say anything.” “It’s really… Humiliation, we are no longer considered at all,” she continues.

Sexual violence

In addition to the humiliations, Bernadette also confides that she suffered sexual violence. “There was another, who made my toilet, and she stuck a finger in my vaginaand she had fun scratching me with her index finger. She was having fun,” she explains. “You don’t have to put your hand in someone’s sex, what”.

When the journalist tells him that this is a violatesBernadette replies that she doesn’t know how to prove it and laments: “Who will believe me?”.

Since these dramatic misadventures, the old lady has decided not to ask for outside help to wash herself. “I’m too scared. So I regularly don’t not be washed for 15 days in a rowwithout shampoo, without shower”, she warns.