Romania: Authorities investigate abuse at care homes

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“Romania is reeling after recent revelations of appalling abuse and squalid conditions at “horror care homes” for the elderly and disabled. Authorities have now launched investigations.

Thirty-three years after revelations about the horrific conditions in orphanages in Communist Romania shocked the world, care homes in Romania are back in the headlines. This time, the victims are elderly people and people with mental disabilities.

Six months ago, investigative journalists from the Romanian online portal Centrul de Investigatii Media and Buletin de Bucuresti uncovered a business model they say has allowed the people in charge to enrich themselves at the expense of elderly and vulnerable people.”

 

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