Traduction de «Démence de type Alzheimer » (Français → Anglais) :

60. Calls for recognition of Alzheimer associations as prime partners and for them to be involved in 1) defining prevention recommendations and best practices and disseminating these at grass-root level, 2) providing much needed information and support to people with dementia and their carers, 3) presenting the needs of people with dementia and their carers to policy makers, and 4) fostering partnerships with the medical profession to provide a holistic approach; points out that in order to do so, the European institutions should investigate the possibilities of the European Public Health Programme providing regular core funding to Euro ...[+++]pean Alzheimer Associations and encourage Member States to support Alzheimer associations at national level;

60. Calls for recognition of Alzheimer associations as prime partners and for them to be involved in 1) defining prevention recommendations and best practices and disseminating these at grass-root level, 2) providing much needed information and support to people with dementia and their carers, 3) presenting the needs of people with dementia and their carers to policy makers, and 4) fostering partnerships with the medical profession to provide a holistic approach; points out that in order to do so, the European institutions should investigate the possibilities of the European Public Health Programme providing regular core funding to Euro ...[+++]pean Alzheimer Associations and encourage Member States to support Alzheimer associations at national level;

New syndromes are coming to the fore, as can already be seen: dementia – be it Alzheimer’s disease or subcortical dementia – vascular disease, from coronary heart disease to renal insufficiency, metabolic diseases – diabetes, first and foremost – arthritis of the spine and the large joints, and osteoporosis, to name but a few.

The most common type of dementia in the EU is Alzheimer’s disease which accounts for around 50-70% of cases, followed by the successive strokes which lead to multi-infarct dementia (around 30%); other forms include Frontotemporal dementia, Pick's disease, Binswanger's disease, Lewy-Body dementia, amongst others.

- There is a clear need for improved understanding of dementias, in particular of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative types.

Dementias are very expensive for society as a whole: according to the Dementia in Europe Yearbook (2008), the total direct and informal care costs of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in 2005 amounted to €130 billion for the EU 27 region (€21 000 per patient/year); 56% of costs were generated by informal care[7].