Although PAMI suspended the admission of members in different geriatric homes throughout the country for flaws that could cause harm to patients, many beneficiaries that were previously staying in those homes could not be transferred to other centers. The General Audit Office (AGN, for its acronym in Spanish) noted "shortcomings which compromised the safety of residents" in these establishments.

The Watchdog report adds that according to the Local Management Units, PAMI, did not move the retirees because "there were no effectors in the area that provide this type of service," and that in turn, "the evacuations were scarce "because the move would" create a situation of vulnerability and risk of deterioration in health."

In fact, the Audit explained that a nursing home in the province of San Juan had until 2008 with 25 beneficiaries of health care, although it had been "suspended" by the Institute in 2006 for deficiencies in the center "involving the safety of residents and the areas of health care, nutrition and nursing."

The report, adopted this year on data for the period January 2007-March 2008, states that "there was a waiting list of about 1,800 members, representing almost 10% of the existing geriatric hospitalizations."
 

Even during the period analyzed, "the Institute split with 23 establishments offering at least 943 beds."Meanwhile, PAMI believes that the casualties were the result of "inherent in the results of institutional control actions." However, the audit says PAMI’s offer "failed to capture the interest of (new) geriatrics" to meet the demands.

Finally, as to the controls carried out by the health care, the AGN said that the 457 nursing homes sheltered 14,500 members, "in 265 no controls were carried out on their centers” by the Local Management Units. Likewise, a total of 334 establishments with Residence Aging (RAM) and Residence for Adults with Psycho-geriatric Assistance (RAMP), about 69% had no evaluations every six months and in 49 homes "no evaluations were conducted."