France Alzheimer is involved in the campaign for the 2017 presidential election. The association has chosen to present its 23 proposals to improve the care of the disease.
She is not officially a candidate but she still returned to the campaign. And its program is to be discovered, since March 9, on the website www.touscandidatsalamaladie.fr The France Alzheimer and related diseases association, which represents 900,000 patients and 3 million people concerned (including caregivers) has chosen as its slogan ” All candidates for the disease? “
First recipient of this action, the competitors of the 2017 presidential election. And for good reason, the coming five-year term is crucial in the fight against this neurodegenerative pathology which will affect in 2025, according to epidemiological forecasts, one more Frenchman. 65 out of 4.
“Faced with this worrying national public health perspective, responses deserve to be taken and commitments clearly advanced by our public decision-makers. There is an urgent need to act, ”warns Joël Jaouen. The president of France Alzheimer and related diseases therefore wishes to refresh the memory of the candidates on the subject.
They forgot, not us!
Help us remind them.
Support our proposals. We are #AllCandidatesAlaMaladiehttps://t.co/RUIb5CsEzg pic.twitter.com/lyHrgKHl8Y– France Alzheimer (@FranceAlzheimer) March 9, 2017
23 concrete proposals
The one who accompanied his father with Alzheimer’s disease for a long time, details 23 concrete measures. They range from urgency to developing early diagnosis; optimization of the care pathway; in passing for the desire to advance scientific research.
But the stake of this campaign is also to sensitize and inform presidential candidates on the daily difficulties encountered by families. “We want to feed the reflection, feed the debate – starting with the electoral debate – and ultimately promote rapid, coherent and appropriate decision-making”, writes the association.
“Not taking these measures into account could be akin to non-assistance to people in danger because, yes, sick people, like their caregivers, suffer on a daily basis,” adds Joël Jaouen.
Vote for France Alzheimer
And to help it bring its proposals to the candidates, the association is counting, more than ever, on the support of the general public. In line with its historic message “ All concerned, all mobilized », France Alzheimer and related diseases therefore invites Internet users to get involved with it.
Two actions are offered via the site www.touscandidatsalamaladie.fr. On the one hand, support for France Alzheimer’s proposals through a simple vote. Internet users can indeed testify to their support for the Association’s proposals and thus give them more weight in the debate.
On the other hand, she informs that Twitter makes it possible to directly question the candidates for the election. Internet users can, thanks to this social network, relay the Association’s proposals on the Twitter accounts of pretenders to the Presidency of the Republic and invite them to react.
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