Collection
Aging, health and health care
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- Closed
Like most countries around the world, Israel faces the challenge of an aging population. In 2015, 11% of Israel's population was over age 65, and this is expected to grow to approximately 15% by 2035. Moreover, Israel's elderly population is particularly culturally diverse, with over three-quarters of Israel's elderly having been born outside of Israel.
In responding to the needs of its growing elderly population, Israel has some important achievements that should be of great interest to other countries. These include its relatively low rate of institutionalization of the elderly (3.5%), longstanding governmental funding of non-professional home care, an extensive system of day care centers, supportive neighborhoods and strong family support. This collection includes articles about some of these important achievements.
The collection also includes articles about some of the main challenges facing the health and health care of the elderly Israel. These include difficulties in attracting young physicians to geriatric medicine, fragmentation of responsibility for the care of the elderly among several different governmental and non-governmental organizations, insufficient development of palliative care services, and challenges in financing institutional long-term care.
As in all areas covered by IJHPR, many of the empirical studies of developments in Israel are enriched by commentaries by leading international experts which place the Israeli developments in a broader international context.
Articles (45 in this collection)
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Age, ageing, ageism and “age-itation” in the Age of COVID-19: rights and obligations relating to older persons in Israel as observed through the lens of medical ethics
Authors
- A. Mark Clarfield
- Alan Jotkowitz
- Content type: Perspective
- Open Access
- Published: 12 November 2020
- Article: 64
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Assisted life termination and truth telling to terminally ill patients – a cross-sectional study of public opinions in Israel
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Moran Bodas
- Baruch Velan
- Kobi Peleg
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 26 October 2020
- Article: 57
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“Will you hear my voice?”: to engage older patients online, listen to them about their lives offline
Authors
- Michael L. Millenson
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 06 October 2020
- Article: 51
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Reflections on the IJHPR’s article collection on dementia
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jill Harrison
- Vincent Mor
- Ellen P. McCarthy
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 06 October 2020
- Article: 50
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At the crossroads of religion and palliative care in patients with dementia
Authors
- Kieran L. Quinn
- Daphna L. Grossman
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 24 August 2020
- Article: 43
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Obstacles to using online health services among adults age 50 and up and the role of family support in overcoming them
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Y. Mizrachi
- S. Shahrabani
- A. Hornik
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 August 2020
- Article: 42
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Characteristics and outcome of elderly patients admitted for acute Cholecystitis to medical or surgical wards
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Itamar Feldman
- Lena Feldman
- Reuven Friedman
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 03 August 2020
- Article: 23
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Elderly bedridden patients with dementia use over one quarter of resources in internal medicine wards in an Israeli hospital
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Inbal Weiss Salz
- Yehuda Carmeli
- Sharon Amit
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 May 2020
- Article: 21
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“Death is inevitable – a bad death is not” report from an international workshop
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Adir Shaulov
- Kassim Baddarni
- A. Mark Clarfield
- Content type: Meeting report
- Open Access
- Published: 12 November 2019
- Article: 79
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Factors affecting oral examinations and dental treatments among older adults in Israel
Authors
- Shosh Shahrabani
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 10 May 2019
- Article: 43
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Ethnic inequality within the elderly population in utilizing healthcare services
Authors
- B. Adini
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 01 May 2019
- Article: 39
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Mini research projects as a mechanism to improve the quality of dementia care
Authors
- Hava Golander
- Content type: Integrative article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 February 2019
- Article: 16
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Dementia care in Israel: top down and bottom up processes
Authors
- Netta Bentur
- Shelley A. Sternberg
- Content type: Integrative article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 February 2019
- Article: 22
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Who is informed and who uninformed? Addressing the legal barriers to progress in dementia research and care
Authors
- Jiska Cohen-Mansfield
- Content type: Integrative article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 February 2019
- Article: 17
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An international perspective on improving occupational conditions for direct care workers in home health
Authors
- Miriam Ryvicker
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 20 August 2018
- Article: 51
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Reflections of the quality of primary care in Canada and Israel
Authors
- Richard H. Glazier
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 03 August 2018
- Article: 46
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Violations of workers’ rights and exposure to work-related abuse of live-in migrant and live-out local home care workers – a preliminary study: implications for health policy and practice
Authors
- Ohad Green
- Liat Ayalon
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 21 June 2018
- Article: 32
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The quality of primary care provided to the elderly in Israel
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Rachel Podell
- Vered Kaufman-Shriqui
- Arie Ben-Yehuda
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 04 June 2018
- Article: 21
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Frailty measurement and its contribution to clinical care and health services: a commentary
Authors
- Shannon Wu
- Bruce Leff
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 23 May 2018
- Article: 27
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Estimated frailty prevalence among Israeli elderly – results from a cross sectional national survey
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Assaf Buch
- Lital Keinan-Boker
- Naftali Stern
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 12 April 2018
- Article: 18
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Maccabi proactive Telecare Center for chronic conditions – the care of frail elderly patients
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Avi Porath
- Angela Irony
- Galit Kaufman
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 11 December 2017
- Article: 68
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What can we learn from simulation-based training to improve skills for end-of-life care? Insights from a national project in Israel
Authors (first, second and last of 12)
- Mayer Brezis
- Yael Lahat
- Amitai Ziv
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 06 November 2017
- Article: 48
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Is it time for comprehensive geriatric assessment to move beyond primary care? The case for targeting medical sub-specialty practice
Authors
- Laura K. Byerly
- G. Michael Harper
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 06 June 2017
- Article: 33
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Which factors affect the implementation of geriatric recommendations by primary care physicians?
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Yan Press
- Boris Punchik
- Tamar Freud
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 April 2017
- Article: 7
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Pragmatic trials may help to identify effective strategies to reduce nursing home antipsychotic medication use
Authors
- Rosa R. Baier
- Vincent Mor
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 26 January 2017
- Article: 5
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Perception of primary care physicians on the impact of comprehensive geriatric assessment: what is the next step?
Authors
- Pei Chen
- Michael A. Steinman
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 01 October 2016
- Article: 46
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Being a legal guardian – the nursing perspective
Authors
- Michael Kuniavsky
- Ilana Kadmon
- David Chinitz
- Content type: Integrative article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 November 2015
- Article: 59
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What do people die from? The challenges of measuring disease burden posed by multi-morbidity
Authors
- Martin McKee
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 05 October 2015
- Article: 53
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High Israeli mortality rates from diabetes and renal failure - Can international comparison of multiple causes of death reflect differences in choice of underlying cause?
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Nehama Goldberger
- Yael Applbaum
- Ziona Haklai
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 01 October 2015
- Article: 31
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The challenge of measuring multi-morbidity and its costs
Authors
- Raphael Wittenberg
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 26 January 2015
- Article: 1
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The contribution of comprehensive geriatric assessment to primary care physicians
Authors
- Shelley A Sternberg
- Netta Bentur
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 18 December 2014
- Article: 44
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Spiritual care in Israel: the future is now
Authors
- Barry M Kinzbrunner
- Bryan D Kinzbrunner
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 29 September 2014
- Article: 32
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Multiple chronic disorders - health care system’s modern challenge in the Maccabi Health Care System
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Jonathan E Arbelle
- Gabriel Chodick
- Avi Porath
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 29 August 2014
- Article: 29
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Coping strategies for existencial and spiritual suffering in Israeli patients with advanced cancer
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Netta Bentur
- Daphna Yaira Stark
- Zvi Symon
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 June 2014
- Article: 21
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The case for establishing a Holocaust survivors cohort in Israel
Authors
- Caroline HD Fall
- Kalyanaraman Kumaran
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 24 June 2014
- Article: 22
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“The mothers have eaten unripe grapes and the children's teeth are set on edge”: the potential inter-generational effects of the Holocaust on chronic morbidity in Holocaust survivors’ offspring
Authors
- Lital Keinan-Boker
- Content type: Integrative article
- Open Access
- Published: 25 March 2014
- Article: 11
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Variables correlated with elderly referral from nursing homes to general hospitals
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Shir Wagman
- Shmuel Rishpon
- Sonia Habib
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 January 2014
- Article: 2
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Hospitalizations of nursing homes residents: the role of reimbursement policies
Authors
- Toni Ashton
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 23 January 2014
- Article: 3
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Regional gaps in the provision of inpatient rehabilitation services for the elderly in Israel: Results of a national survey
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Inbar Zucker
- Irit Laxer
- Tamar Shohat
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 July 2013
- Article: 27
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Research and data systems to promote equal access to postacute rehabilitation
Authors
- Linda Resnik
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 23 July 2013
- Article: 28
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How to provide and pay for long term care of an aging population is an international concern
Authors
- Marsha Gold
- Content type: Commentary
- Open Access
- Published: 23 January 2013
- Article: 4
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The Long-Term Care Insurance Program in Israel: solidarity with the elderly in a changing society
Authors
- Sharon Asiskovitch
- Content type: Integrative article
- Open Access
- Published: 23 January 2013
- Article: 3
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The legal guardians' dilemma: Decision making associated with invasive non-life-saving procedures
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Michael Kuniavsky
- Freda DeKeyser Ganz
- Sigal Sviri
- Content type: Original research article
- Open Access
- Published: 24 September 2012
- Article: 36
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Progress in palliative care in Israel: comparative mapping and next steps
Authors
- Netta Bentur
- Linda L Emanuel
- Nathan Cherney
- Content type: Integrative article
- Open Access
- Published: 20 February 2012
- Article: 9