Activities of Chrysoula PALIADELI related to 2009/2205(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Report on the role of women in an ageing society PDF (170 KB) DOC (105 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Emphasizes the important role of grandparents in general and grandmothers in specific, for the well- being of families, and calls on Member States to substitute their physical absence by establishing the status of a foster grandmother, as a term to define elderly women taking care of children, during the absence of their parents for employment reasons, who are entitled to payment, security and health insurance;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Considers that a comprehensive informal carers’ support policy is needed for informal carers’, the majority of whom are women, within their families or as workers, usually migrants women, encompassing their status and social security rights, the provision of social services and support services, etc.;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that the quality of care shall be ensured in order to improve the quality of old age and also in order to avoid the physical, sexual, psychological and economic abuse that elderly often suffer from; considers that Members States should ensure that those employed as carers of older people in the public and private sectors receive training and that a greater economic value is given to their work, including pay, insurance, and working conditions;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Encourage the transformation of nursing homes usually operating as hospitals, to friendly establishments, where the model of family will be applied, as a way to avoid institutionalization;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Points out that both technology and technical improvements can be important in adapting society to the needs of an ageing population; calls for innovations developed in close cooperation with older people to become more widely used, some examples of which are simplified mobile phones and Internet connections, smart sensors in specific products in order to reduce the number of accidents, the training of dogs to assist people such as those suffering from diseases affecting the memory, etc.; that programs especially designed on the basis of long-life learning for elderly people should be supported by the state;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Asks the Commission to propose by the end of 2011 an action plan containing: • an examination of the need for more resources for scientific research on ageing, • measures to ensure the quality of care and the quality of the working conditions of carers, • changes to increase coherence in the area of social security, including pension schemes, care leaves and, part-time working arrangements, • yearly reporting on the violation of older people’s rights and on measures to be taken at EU and national level to abolish direct and hidden discrimination, • non-legislative measures to tackle age- discrimination, such as awareness-raising campaigns, • measures to support intergenerational solidarity, such as plans to support women that care for grandchildren while the parents are absent due to employment reasons;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Asks the Commission to update and strengthen monitoring mechanisms regarding the implementation of fundamental rights issues by the end of 2012; calls also for increased awareness of these, often under-used, mechanisms as older women are especiallypeople in general, and women in specific, are unaware of their rights;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Affirms that every EU citizenman and woman in the EU must have a right to adequate, affordable and quality social and health services at a reasonable price; calls on the Commission to put forward a directive on basic services, which would take national conditions into consideration; emphasises that older women are especially vulnerable and invites the Commission to consider a system where all European citizensmen and women in the EU are granted the right to a basic income that is dependent on the Member State’s standard of living;