16 Amendments of Elisabeth MORIN-CHARTIER related to 2012/2129(INI)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas neurodegenerative diseases are more frequent in the over-65s (they affect about 1 person in 20 after age 65, 1 in 5 after age 80, and 1 in 3 after age 90) and whereas studies show that the Alzheimer’s disease rate among women over 90 is 81.7%, compared with 24% for men;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas age is a risk factor for the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease (the most common form of dementia); whereas over 7.3 million people in Europe suffer from dementia; whereas studies show that the Alzheimer’s disease rate among women over 90 is 81.7 % (compared with 24% for men);
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to publish an assessment of the impact of the world financial and economic crisis on elderly women, focusing on access to preventive health care and treatment;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for information concerning health to be disseminated by means of publicity campaigns or health information for Member State nationals, in particular the less favoured sections of the population; urges each Member State to establish by age bracket a list of appropriate medical examinations to be reimbursed in full;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Regrets the lack of attention being given to the effects on elderly women in Europe of increased alcohol consumption and calls on the Commission and Member States to carry out surveys with a view to dealing with the problem and its impact on their physical and mental health;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the quality of life and dignity of Alzheimer’s patients and their families, taking into account gender-related issues;
Amendment 119 #
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 that this has grown worse with the economic crisis;
Amendment 123 #
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 disorders and the treatment of depressive disorders, focusing on the additional challenges facing elderly women;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States to ensure that welfare protection schemes, including health insurance, takes account of unemployment and social difficulties affecting women so that they are not left unprotected;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on Member States to further develop online health services so as to help make it possible for elderly women, who are often isolated for reasons of mobility, to remain independent and continue living at home and make health services more accessible to them;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for medical studies to include wider training in listening skills and psychology; calls for social workers also to be more closely involved in this policy of prevention;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to intensify its efforts to disseminate an EU-wide culture of prevention through specific information and awareness campaigns aimed at schools, universities, workplaces, and centres for the elderly, drawing on the cooperation of professionals, local authorities, and NGOs;
Amendment 169 #
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 on Member States accordingly to earmark a greater part of their health budget to prevention activities;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Draws to the attention of the Member States that elderly women are even more vulnerable to mistreatment and urges the Member States to step up measures to prevent abuse of elderly people in the home or in institutions;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls for action to be taken accordingly, in the form of information and education at school and through health messages, regarding the importance of ensuring correct nutrition and the health risks of failure to do so;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to formulate public information campaigns regarding Alzheimer’s disease (that is to say the disease itself and possibilities of treatment and care) in cooperation with national and European Alzheimer associations;