Alzheimer Europe and its member organisations call upon the European Union, the World Health Organisation, the Council of Europe and national governments to:

• Recognise Alzheimer's disease as a major public health challenge and to develop European, International and national action programmes,
• Dedicate a European Parliament report and resolution on the state of dementia care, treatment and research in Europe,
• Recognise Alzheimer's disease as a major health scourge within the meaning of Article 152 of the EC Treaty and to develop a Community action programme on Alzheimer's disease,
• Investigate the possibility of providing core finding to Alzheimer Europe for the exchange of information and best practices between national Alzheimer associations.
• Make dementia a compulsory part of medical training,
• Support awareness campaigns targeted at the general public to improve the recognition of the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease,
• Continue to make available existing treatments under their national reimbursement systems,
• Support a survey on the existing inequalities of access to available treatments for Alzheimer's disease,
• Foster pan-European research into the causes, prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias,
• Increase the funding for Alzheimer's research and support collaboration of national research centres,
• Promote the role of Alzheimer associations towards the medical profession so that people diagnosed are systematically informed about Alzheimer associations and the services they provide,
• Recognise the important contributions provided by Alzheimer associations and to provide financial support to them,
• Recognise the significant burden of carers of people with dementia and to support the development of adequate respite services,
• Develop and support a whole range of services for people with dementia ,
• Adequately support people with dementia and their carers to allow them to make use of existing services,
• Extend the Open Method of Coordination to the question of long-term care and to exchange best practices on a national level,
• Reinforce medical codes to ensure people with dementia are adequately informed about their diagnosis,
• Exchange ebst practices with regard to national guardianship systems,
• Provide a clear statutory basis for effective advance directives with appropriate safeguards