How many people take part in the dementia prevention programme?

More and more people are affected by dementia. DP MPs André Bauler and Gilles Baum wanted to know from the Minister of Health how dementia cases are developing here in the country, how many people are taking part in the Dementia Prevention Programme (pdp) and whether the newly introduced app by pdp is being used a lot.

Question

« L’administration bavaroise pour la santé publique et la sécurité alimentaire vient d’annoncer que le nombre de personnes atteintes de démence s’élève actuellement à quelque 270.000 patients. En l’an 2017, ce nombre se situait à 220.000 en Bavière. Pour la fin de cette décennie l’on anticipe un effectif d’environ 300.000 patients et 380.000 pour l’année 2040. À noter que la population bavaroise se situe à quelque 13 millions habitants (environ 16% de la population allemande).

Dans ce contexte, nous aimerions poser les questions suivantes à Madame la Ministre de la Santé et de la Sécurité sociale :

  • Quelle a été l’évolution du nombre de patients atteints d’une démence au Luxembourg depuis l’année 2017 ? Est-il possible de les distinguer par catégories d’âge ?
  • Quelles sont, dans ce contexte précis, les prévisions d’ici les années 2030 et 2040 ? 
  • Depuis 2015, combien de personnes ont pris part chaque année au Programme Démence Prévention (pdp), selon les tranches d’âge ?
  • L’année dernière, une application électronique a été lancée dans le cadre du pdp, visant à fournir des conseils pour prévenir la démence. Quel est le nombre total de téléchargements de cette application à ce jour ? Peut-on se prononcer sur la fréquence d’utilisation de cette application ?
  • Madame la Ministre, estime-t-elle qu’il serait utile de mieux informer le public sur la disponibilité de cette application ? »

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