VIDEO. In Ille-et-Vilaine, these nursing home residents have fun in nightclubs

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On the song The midnight demons, Bernard, 73, performs dynamic dance steps. “I love dancing!” », confides the septuagenarian, delighted. A quick refreshment break (without alcohol) and he's back on the track.

Like him, 120 nursing home residents found themselves at Gossip, the Vitré nightclub (Ille-et-Vilaine), Friday November 29, 2024. This meeting was at the initiative of the network of facilitators from a dozen structures in the Pays de Vitré.

The dance floor taken by storm

“We have more people than last year. Residents were eager to come back too,” says Romain Lodé, facilitator at the Val-d’Izé nursing home.

For some, it's an opportunity to find themselves. Others discover the atmosphere of a nightclub. We turn to coke, orange juice and coffee between two or three cakes.

The dance floor of the Gossip Lux room is taken by storm. Some residents dance among themselves, others with their leaders, volunteers or even relatives.

This is the case of Jean and Roseline. The latter has been at the Val-d'Izé nursing home since last May. She suffers from blindness and Alzheimer's disease.

Restore the image of nursing homes

“I came to have a good time with her, because she likes to dance. Me, not too much,” smiles Jean, 77 years old.

Not far from them, Bernard invited a volunteer to dance to the song The midnight demons. “It’s the first time I’ve come and I really like it,” says the resident of the Sainte-Marie nursing home in Châteaubourg.

French varieties, waltzes, slows… The music is appropriate and adapted in terms of volume. We are a long way from the decibels of the weekend.

“This is the third year that we have welcomed nursing homes. If we can give them a little happiness and it’s a change from everyday life,” confides Diego Hautbois, associated with Maud Algret, his mother, at the head of the nightclub.

“This kind of outing can improve the image of nursing homes,” concludes Romain Lodé.

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