5 Amendments of Milan CABRNOCH related to 2010/2084(INI)
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas dementia is not only a devastating disorder for the patients themselves, but also a very heavy burden placed on the shoulders of the patients’ relatives and other persons close to them, given the emotional, physical and financial difficulties faced by the relatives and friends of those affected by all types of dementia,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
G a. whereas there is a shortfall in capacity in institutional care for people suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and that shortfall will worsen in future; whereas there is a shortage of health care professionals and social workers caring for people suffering from Alzheimer's, and that shortage will increase in future; whereas at the same time it is clear that the best thing for such people is to assist them to remain in their familiar environment at home,
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
G c. whereas modern telemedicine services can deliver very effective support for patients suffering from Alzheimer's, and for their carers, and can thus contribute to a better quality of life for patients in their familiar environment and provide a good alternative to institutional care,
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to draw up guidelinerecommendations for the training of staff who work in whatever capacity with Alzheimer’s patients (medical and paramedical professions), and for the training of family carers and other informal carers to ensure competent and effective use of the existing resources;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Encourages Member States to develop services with the core principle of maximising coverage and ensuring equity of access, to benefit people with dementia regardless of age, gender, wealth, disability, and rural or urban residence, ; considers it essential in the development and wider deployment of these services to lay the emphasis on support for provision of care in the patient's home, support for home-visit or out-patient services and especially support for informal carers looking after the patient; points to the possibility of using information and communication technologies (telemedicine) to support patients and their carers as an alternative to institutional care;