Activities of Chrysoula PALIADELI related to 2012/2129(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on prevention of age-related diseases of women PDF (212 KB) DOC (152 KB)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Β a (new)
Recital Β a (new)
Βa. whereas, despite a substantial increase in life expectancy accompanied by steadily rising living standards in the industrialised countries, enabling the elderly of today to be far more active than in previous decades, negative stereotyping and prejudices with regard to the elderly are continuing to form major obstacles to their social integration, resulting in social exclusion directly impacting on their quality of life and mental health;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas, to meet the needs of elderly women properly, a better understanding of the illnesses affecting them is necessary;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I b (new)
Recital I b (new)
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that comprehensive and in- depth strategies in the health sector require the cooperation of governments, healthcare professionals, non- governmental organisations, public health organisations, organisations representing patients, the mass media and other parties concerned with healthy ageing;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Takes the view that priority must be given to the protection of elderly from abuse, mis-treatment, neglect and exploitation, whether intentional and deliberate or resulting from carelessness;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on Member States to ensure that public and private sector staff providing care for the elderly take part in ongoing training programmes and undergo regular assessment;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on Member States to encourage specialist medical studies in gerontology at public universities;
Amendment 131 #
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, regardless of their personal economic, social, linguistic, cultural and legal circumstances, laying emphasis on individualised assistance, including home care;·
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges that public and private institutions providing healthcare for the elderly and run along hospital lines to be reorganised in a manner more congenial to inmates, not only providing them with medical care but also giving priority to any form of independent or creative activity in order to prevent them becoming institutionalised;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Firmly believes that elderly inmates in public or private residential care must be consulted the running of these institutions;·
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Encourages associations and telephone help-lines providing ,care, protection and psychological support for the elderly;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for account to be taken of factors relating to gender and age in giving nutritional advice;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Member States, as far as the training of medical and paramedical personnel is concerned, to highlight the differences in the clinical signs and symptoms of cardiovascular diseases occurring in women, stressing the benefits of prompt intervention;
Amendment 182 #
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, given that these can help reduce the incidence of heart and circulatory disorders, osteoporosis, and some types of cancer and to support public awareness campaigns on the importance of seeking prompt specialist medical assistance for mental disorders accompanying old age and detailed information and guidance for relatives or carers in the case of elderly patients suffering from such disorders, as well as information campaigns in response to poly-pharmacy in the elderly, given the danger of side-effects, interaction and mental disorders resulting from the excessive consumption of pharmaceuticals over a long period;