German Parkinson Association

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German Parkinson Association Federal Association
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purpose Improve the living conditions of Parkinson's patients and their partners
Chair: Magdalene Kaminski
Establishment date: 1981
Number of members: ≈23,000
Seat : Neuss , Germany
Website: www.parkinson-vereinigung.de

The Deutsche Parkinson Vereinigung Bundesverband eV is a self-help group founded in 1981 with the aim of improving the living conditions of Parkinson's patients and their relatives. The association has around 23,000 members and is the seventh largest self-help association in Germany.

According to its own information, the work of the association is divided into the following areas

criticism

In May 2010, the magazine Der Spiegel against the German Parkinson Association (dPV) charged it with the influence of the pharmaceutical industry and the waste of donations. According to press reports, the expenses for the office of the Federal Association in Neuss amounted to € 1.1 million in 2008, more than 58 percent of the total expenses. In the past, the dPV has repeatedly been criticized. The former Federal Treasurer of the Parkinson's Association, Ernst Geweke, also called for more transparency. Der Spiegel describes a nationwide network of around 2000 bank accounts as dubious. The managing director and board of directors of the dPV defend themselves against the allegations and received several declarations of cease and desist and a counter-statement about the managing director's salary: This was "more than 46% lower" than the gross amount of 200,000 euros stated in the mirror. The Spiegel article, which has been shortened by almost two sentences, is still online.

The new discussions were triggered in mid-2010 by a black book dPV , and in early 2011 the allegations were by no means cleared up.

Since 2004, the association no longer has the donation seal of the German Central Institute for Social Issues . In order to obtain the donation seal, a maximum of 35 percent of the total expenditure is allowed for advertising and administrative expenditure.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f German Parkinson Association: The dPV in numbers
  2. ^ German Parkinson Association: Imprint
  3. ↑ Der Spiegel (print edition): No. 18 of May 3, 2010, page 91ff
  4. ↑ WZ-Newsline: Parkinson's Disease: Self-Help Wasted Hundreds of Thousands wz-newsline.de , May 3, 2010
  5. ↑ FR: Self-help or self-service ( memento of the original from February 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , February 15, 2006 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nakos.de
  6. ↑ Der Spiegel: Counterstatement , August 9, 2010
  7. ↑ Der Spiegel: Everything is very simple , May 3, 2010
  8. ↑ wdr5radio: ( page no longer available , search in web archives: dispute in the Parkinson's Association ), August 7, 2010@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wdr5.de
  9. ↑ revision New edition: Schwarzbuch dPV , September 2010
  10. ↑ Charity Watch: Followed up , November 12, 2010

Web links

www.parkinson-vereinigung.de - Official website