Activites

• 1996/05/13 Final act published in Official Journal
• 1996/04/17 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0184/1996 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the report by Mr Danilo POGGIOLINI (PPE, I) on Alzheimer's disease and the prevention of disorders of the cognitive functions in the elderly. It called on the Commission to submit as soon as possible a programme of measures to combat Alzheimer's disease and related syndromes and for Creutzfeldt Jakob disease to be included in this programme. This programme should focus on: - epidemiological monitoring; - early exchange of experience in relation to diagnosis in order to distinguish this disease from other forms of dementia; - drawing up guidelines for staff trainings; - support for setting up specialized medical centers; - the creation of networks to assess new forms of treatment; - support measures for families and patient associations; - information campaigns for the general public and for specific groups (schoolchildren, social workers etc.); - early diagnosis and self-diagnosis. It called on the Commission to publicize successful initiatives, such as the Alzheimer's telephone lines which already exist in some Member States, minding centres to back up home care, an Alzheimer Awareness Week, World Alzheimer's Day etc. It also called on the Commission to step up support for research into Alzheimer's disease under its BIOMED research programme (especially into the possible correlation between intake of aluminium from food additives and the disease). Parliament called in this respect for the Commission to make provision for special budgetary lines for this type of action. Parliament called on the Member States to step up cooperation between social and health services, to draw up a policy providing for the partial or total payment of medical expenses and social charges currently borne by patients' families, to promote special training courses for medical staff and to create hospital and non-hospital infrastructures for those who have reached the terminal stage of the disease.�

• 1996/04/16 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 1996/02/21 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0051/1996
• 1995/01/16 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1994/10/05 Non-legislative basic document published
  • B4-0175/1994

Documents

• Non-legislative basic document published: B4-0175/1994
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A4-0051/1996
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0184/1996

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)