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 ? »

Would you like this parliamentary question to be translated into English?

Share:

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Email
WhatsApp

More parliamentary questions

How many doctors work in the north of the country?

In the north of the country, citizens often have to travel long distances to get to a clinic or medical centre.
DP MPs André Bauler and Gilles Baum asked the Minister for Health, among other things, how many GPs and specialists work in the north of the country, what the age pyramid is for doctors and when a second medical centre might open in the north.

read more...

How many women are released from work during pregnancy?

Labour law stipulates that pregnant women may not take on certain tasks at work. The law therefore provides for an adjustment of the workplace or a transfer to another position. If neither is possible, the woman must be released from work.
DP MPs Corinne Cahen and Carole Hartmann wanted to know from the Minister of Health, among other things, how many women are exempted per sector, how often an employer has objected to a dispensation and on the basis of which specific criteria occupational physicians decide on a dispensation.

read more...

Should the LNS and private laboratories work closer together on biopsies?

The LNS, which has a monopoly in this area, has taken a number of measures to counteract the long waiting times for the evaluation of biopsies.
DP MPs Mandy Minella and Dr Gérard Schockmel have asked the Minister of Health what impact these measures have had on waiting times and whether greater cooperation with private laboratories should be considered in order to further reduce waiting times.

read more...

No more reimbursement for dermatoscopic photos?

As part of a dermatologist’s examination, photos can be taken of suspicious skin areas where there is a risk of skin cancer developing. DP MP Gusty Graas has now been informed that these photos will no longer be reimbursed by health insurance. In a parliamentary question to the Minister of Health, the liberal politician would like to know, among other things, why this decision was made and how many patients have been reimbursed for such photos taken by dermatologists in the last five years.

read more...