A Natale e Capodanno i police of the Nas hanno intensificato i controlli presso le strutture ricettive dedicate all’ospitalità di persone anziane e disabili (RSa, retirement homes, residential communities and family homes).
In Campania, the legal representative of a nursing home in the province of Naples has been reported: he is held responsible for having detained 4 packages of morphine (for a total of 20 vials) not registered in the required loading and unloading register of narcotics and, moreover, in the absence of medical prescriptions and/or therapeutic plans referring to the people staying. Administrative violations for a total of 8.000 euros have been contested.
The military inspected a total of 607 social-health and welfare activities throughout Italy, identifying 152 irregular structures (equal to 25%), sanctioning 27 people for criminal violations and 133 for administrative offences for a total of 167 thousand euros, attributable to hygiene-structural and authorisation deficiencies.
In addition to the presence of a higher number of elderly people than the authorized capacity, expired medical devices and drugs, irregularities in the management of narcotics, food in poor condition.
The Carabinieri reported this in a note, explaining that the closure of six accommodation facilities was ordered, "which were found to be abusive or lacking in health and assistance matters, determining the immediate transfer of the elderly present to their families of origin or other suitable structures present in the area".
Among these is a facility for the mentally disabled in Reggio Calabria “without authorization or minimum requirements”, whose owner was also reported “for the possession of 10 kg of various foods found in poor condition”.
Also closed was part of a nursing home in the province of Campobasso and a residential facility for the elderly in the province of Potenza “lacking the authorization, structural, organizational and functional requirements”. In Syracuse, a nursing home for the elderly was suspended because it was “not registered in the municipal register”.
Article published on 5 January 2023 - 10:35
