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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 339

elderly care

Alice Schuman and Brock Cvijanovich. (Courtesy)
March 17, 2023, 10:55 am
After kicking down a Holocaust survivor’s door, a NY landlord becomes her guardian
Real estate investor Brock Cvijanovich wanted to be the good guy in someone’s story, so he and his mother ‘adopted’ an elderly woman whose building he’d purchased in 2021
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative: A carer helping an elderly Israeli to cross the street in Tel Aviv. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
February 22, 2023, 11:11 am
‘Modern slavery’: How foreign caregivers in Israel have been extorted for decades
ToI exposes a multi-million-dollar industry in which foreign workers are compelled to pay ‘placement fees’ to employment ‘brokers’ – with the government’s full knowledge
By Inna Lazareva
Illustrative: Elderly people walk together in downtown Jerusalem, September 11, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 2, 2022, 2:34 pm
Study predicts 48% jump in Israelis over 75 by 2030, straining healthcare system
With elderly heavily reliant on medical care, more hospital beds and doctors are urgently needed ‘and it’s already late,’ researcher says
By Nathan Jeffay
New luxury retirement complex currently under construction in Ashkelon, August 2022. (Courtesy: David Zwebner)
August 25, 2022, 8:42 pm
New Ashkelon retirement village promises beachside luxury living
Complex overlooking sea to offer 160 apartments for aging residents, complete with amenities and shared spaces; project modeled after US senior living facilities
By Danielle Nagler
Intuition Robotics' ElliQ system is specifically designed for the elderly population. (Courtesy)
July 25, 2022, 5:10 pm
Israeli AI robotic companion for elderly launches in US market
After five years of development, Intuition Robotics officially released the ElliQ system this spring to help aging population stay active, connected, and engaged
By Ricky Ben-David
A Hesed social worker hugs a client in Odesa on Monday, February 28, 2022. (JDC)
March 2, 2022, 6:50 am
Risking life and limb, Hesed network continues caring for Ukraine’s neediest Jews
Staff of JDC group work on laptops from home to provide services, and some social workers move in with homebound Jews to ensure continued care, even as fighting rages around them
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A woman feeds an elderly woman at an aged care home in Israel, October 17, 2002. (Flash90)
February 22, 2022, 5:20 pm
Disgruntled diplomats said refusing to process visas for Nepalese nursing home staff
Some 1,000 workers not being let into Israel due to labor dispute, according to report, as representative of geriatric institutions declares extreme shortage of care providers
By ToI Staff
An undated photo of Chaya Freiman with her grandson, Elian Fitusi (Facebook)
September 6, 2021, 1:57 am
In care home mix up, misidentified COVID-19 victim buried by live woman’s family
Chaya Freeman’s relatives only found out about her death days later, after her identity was switched with that of another patient as they were transferred between facilities
By Stuart Winer
A scene from 'Disappearing Stories' on Instagram, a 2020 series made in Russia (courtesy)
October 17, 2020, 1:10 pm
Heroic Russians’ WWII mini-sagas dramatized for Instagram in ‘Disappearing’
‘Mini-movie’ creators inspired by viral Israeli ‘Eva.Stories,’ Instagram series based on 13-year-old in Holocaust; Russian project’s goal to raise awareness and funds for elderly
By Matt Lebovic
IDF Home Front Command soldiers in protective gear at a nursing home in Bnei Brak on April 14, 2020. (Flash90)
April 15, 2020, 3:11 pm
60 senior living homes have at least one COVID-19 case, NSC said to warn
TV report quotes government document saying that number of facilities with infections expected to rise; over 1/3 of coronavirus fatalities were residents of elderly living centers
By ToI Staff
Rachel Kaufman with her mother Margarete. (Courtesy)
April 14, 2020, 4:48 pm
Amid federal test shortages, LA nursing home works with city to distribute kits
Even with a lack of crucial supplies, the Los Angeles Jewish Home takes early action to protect residents as 3 contract coronavirus; helps similar facilities cope
By Noam Haykeen
A Magen David Adom emergency services worker, wearing protective clothing, arrives to test residents of Jerusalem's Nofim home for the elderly for coronavirus, March 27, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 13, 2020, 10:30 am
Hospital director tapped by ministry to address COVID-19 nursing home fiasco
After 34 coronavirus deaths in homes, and under pressure from High Court, ministry announces that Sourasky head Ronni Gamzu will head virus management in elder care facilities
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A patient is evacuated from the Magnolia Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Riverside, California, April 8, 2020. (Chris Carlson/AP)
April 12, 2020, 10:43 pm
US nursing home deaths from coronavirus pass 2,700, in alarming surge
Figure climbs from 450 just 10 days ago; experts say toll likely higher, as not all those who die are checked for disease
By Bernard Condon and Randy Herschaft
Illustrative: A nursing home for the elderly in Jerusalem, April 15, 2008. (Anna Kaplan/Flash90)
April 5, 2020, 10:31 am
As nursing homes become virus hotspots, government turns to military for help
Beersheba assisted living facility has seen six deaths, four recorded in Jerusalem home; outbreaks also occur in Holon and Nahariya
By ToI Staff
Revere Beach, Massachusetts, not far from the COVID-19 outbreak at the Jack Satter House, April 1, 2020 (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)
April 3, 2020, 8:56 pm
When the deadly virus hit a Jewish care facility on shore of 1st US public beach
In Massachusetts, a Hebrew SeniorLife independent living facility grapples with ‘gut-wrenching’ loss of six residents to COVID-19 outbreak
By Matt Lebovic
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