Esther Iecovich
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9781447301066
- eISBN:
- 9781447311393
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447301066.003.0012
- Subject:
- Sociology, Gerontology and Ageing
Israel is a rapidly aging society with an elderly population composing about 10% of its total population. Among them, about 16.5% are frail and need help with daily activities and housekeeping. This ...
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Israel is a rapidly aging society with an elderly population composing about 10% of its total population. Among them, about 16.5% are frail and need help with daily activities and housekeeping. This chapter reviews the current and projected changes in the socio-demographic characteristics of the elderly population and changes in family structures and roles. National policies and programs like homecare services aimed to enable aging in place are described and discussed with special emphasis on the global phenomenon of employing migrant live-in homecare workers. In addition, the interface between formal and informal care is discussed. Studies show that in Israel family caregivers continue to play a key role in caregiving even when there is a paid live-in homecare worker who is available around the clock. Finally, implications for policy are discussed.Less
Israel is a rapidly aging society with an elderly population composing about 10% of its total population. Among them, about 16.5% are frail and need help with daily activities and housekeeping. This chapter reviews the current and projected changes in the socio-demographic characteristics of the elderly population and changes in family structures and roles. National policies and programs like homecare services aimed to enable aging in place are described and discussed with special emphasis on the global phenomenon of employing migrant live-in homecare workers. In addition, the interface between formal and informal care is discussed. Studies show that in Israel family caregivers continue to play a key role in caregiving even when there is a paid live-in homecare worker who is available around the clock. Finally, implications for policy are discussed.
