In the Tours exhibition center there are currently, among other things, the seniors’ lounge. From Friday until this Sunday, you can stroll between the stands to find information, inform yourself or discover new activities. Conferences are organized throughout the day. the program is available on their website.
Strolling through the senior’s lounge is also an opportunity to get tested for free. Vision, hearing, or memory, it is possible to check all this thanks to several stands. Among them, the “Icope” stand. A prevention and screening program. Using a questionnaire, health professionals will be able to identify precociously frailty factors in people over 60. There are six questions on different axes. Then a motor skills test which consists of getting up and sitting down from a chair several times in a row.
Act fast to age better
The principle is to prevent the slightest weakening, to have a support quickly and make it reversible. “The objective of screening is to better prevent in order to age in good health.“, emphasizes Magalie Lecoutre, advanced practice nurse and the territorial facilitator of this program. And since prevention is the key word, the next step is the appointment with your doctor, “to quickly set up a program and reverse the trend“, explains Magalie. The nurse specifies that prevention is essential, since some people may not realize their loss of mobility or capacity.
The “Icope” program was created in 2017 by the WHO. It is for the moment an experimental project, which really begins at the beginning of November for a period of 3 years.