16 Amendments of Minodora CLIVETI related to 2012/2129(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas older migrants are often suffering from poor socio-economic situations and face difficulties to benefit from social protection measures and access to national healthcare systems, especially older women who are alone, widowed or divorced, which can affect their living standards and health status;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Ib. whereas these factors affect older women's ability to create and/or maintain social networks and thus lead active lives;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Maintains that policies aimed at promoting work-life balance and social participation put women in a better position to tackle active and healthy ageing, and therefore calls on the Member States to intensify their efforts in that direction;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to publish a study on the impact of the financial and economic crisis on older women, in particular with regard to their access to preventive and curative healthcare;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Acknowledges the necessity to promote a more age-friendly European Union in order to ensure active and healthy ageing for all, including older women;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Regrets the limited attention turned to increasing alcohol consumption among older women in Europe; calls on the European Commission and the Member States to launch studies in order to tackle this issue and its impact on older women's physical and mental health;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to adopt a holistic and gender sensitive approach to Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in order to improve the quality of life and dignity of patients and their families;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Notes with concern that the suicide rate in the EU is highest among the over-65s and the numbers of suicide attempts are higher for women than for men and are increasing because of the economic downturn's aggravated impact on older women;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to organise specific training courses for general practitioners and mental health professionals, including doctors, psychologists, and nurses, on the prevention and treatment of depressive disordersneurodegenerative diseases and depressive disorders, paying specific attention to the additional challenges faced by older women;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to support the initiatives needed to help older women to gain access to medical and health services, including in remote areas, regardless of their personal economic circumstances, laying emphasis on individualised assistance, including home care;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Member States to further develop eHealth services and gender sensitive ambient assisting living solutions in order to favour independent living at home and make health services more efficient for older women who are more often excluded of the benefits of these facilities;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to collect data serving to identify good practice regarding access to health services, not least with a view to avoiding excessively long waiting lists, increasing out of pocket expenses and the red tape that discourages in particular older women from using prevention systems;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Regrets the fact that 97% of health budgets is earmarked for the treatment of non-communicable diseases and only 3% for investment in prevention at a time when the cost of therapies and diagnosis is continuing to rise; calls in this respect on the Member states to dedicate a greater share of their health budget to prevention activities;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Reminds Member States that older women are even more vulnerable to elder abuse then older men and calls on the Member states to strengthen their actions to prevent elder abuse at home and in institutions;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the Commission to launch specific awareness campaigns focusing on correct nutrition and the importance of physical exercise for older women, given that these can play a role in fall prevention and help reduce the incidence of heart and circulatory disorders, osteoporosis, and some types of cancer;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Member states to fight against age and gender discrimination in healthcare, notably in screening programmes and surgeries, as every patient has the right to be diagnosed and treated adequately whatever their age and gender;