The program Vivifrail will help Prevent fragilityreduce dependence, foster autonomy and, ultimately, improve the quality of life of the elderly in Castilla-La Mancha. In fact, now It is being implemented in different health centers of the region, such as the Sigüenza Health Center.
“He healthy aging it’s a Priority challenge for our health system. Programs like Vivifrail allow Detect fragility and apply personalized measures That they delay dependence, prevent falls, reduce morbidity and mortality and improve the well -being of our elders, “said the general director of Primary Care of the SESCAM, Ángeles Martín Octavio, during her visit to the Sigüenza Health Center, where the nurse Pilar García Salazar directs this initiative.
Photo: Ministry of Health (Castilla-La Mancha).
The Health Service of Castilla-La Mancha (SESCAM) is developing this European Health Prevention and Promotion Initiative, in which Nursing professionals actively participatebeing nurses who lead community intervention.
Specifically, the program includes sessions for Promote healthy lifestyles, physical exercisea adequate nutritionhe Medication monitoring and the Management of chronic pathologies. In this way, it seeks to “prevent muscle weakness, nutritional deficit and cognitive deterioration through physical activity and cognitive stimulation, and maintain as far as possible the autonomy of the elderly, in addition to improving their physical and emotional well -being,” they point out in a note.
Previously a Primary Care Screening Protocol in Primary Care In a coordinated manner between the General Directorates of Care and Quality and Primary Care, a tool that allows the realization of an adequate diagnosis, as well as the registration and the care monitoring, and the unification of criteria of action. This protocol has integrated a total of 3,470 people over 70 years between June 2024 and September 2025, of which near 28% showed high probability of deterioration of their healthsuch as mobility, falls, comorbidities or losses of their capacities to perform day -to -day activities.
This initiative is part of the comprehensive approach plan of chronicity and the prevention of the fragility of Castilla-La Mancha, which is one of the nine specific plans of the health plan in the region.
