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Older people in Ehpad: Towards easier access to eye care
Publié le null - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
A law published in Official Journal of 6 February 2019 authorized opticians in certain regions to carry out tests on persons in institutions for the elderly dependent (Ehpad) concerning their visual acuity (checks for myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism) and to adapt glasses or contact lenses on an experimental basis.
This experiment will be conducted for 3 years in 4 regions with the authorization of the Directors General of the Regional Health Agency (ARS). It will allow opticians to perform refractions with residents in Ehpad and also to adapt the initial prescriptions of corrective lenses or contact lenses in force (unless the doctor opposes). The obligation of a medical consultation in ophthalmology less than 3 years old is maintained.
The regions participating in the experiment will be defined by decree and a decree will lay down the conditions for the application of this measure.
FYI
Researchers from Inserm, the University of Bordeaux and Sorbonne University have published a study that shows that almost 40% of people aged 78 and over have a poorly corrected vision disorder (myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism) and could have an improved view by wearing better-fitting glasses. Up to now, these tests were possible exclusively in stores, which required mobility with the elderly which discouraged them from carrying out the procedure.
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