Investigations into the management of a nursing home in Bremen due to allegations of bodily harm and mistreatment

Emergency services are investigating the management of a nursing home in Bremen. She is suspected of assault and mistreatment of those under her protection, as a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office confirmed. Residents are said to be inadequately cared for and partially dehydrated. The regional magazine “buten un binnen” initially reported.

An employee of the nursing home alerted the police in the morning because she felt left alone to care for the residents. The facility's managing director, Michael Müller, rejects the allegations. “There are enough people in the house to ensure supplies.”

Some nursing staff are currently ill, said Müller. But colleagues who actually have time off step in to do this. “We meet the statutory job code.” The home supervisor only discovered this last week and confirmed it again today. “Our residents in the higher care levels are all well looked after.”

The allegations would “dissolve in smoke and mirrors” and were “really completely incomprehensible” to him, emphasized Müller. According to this, 65 people currently live in the home, which offers space for 80 residents. The managing director supported the management of the company and said he reserved the right to take legal action.