Ageing policy in Israel

• Authors: Karolina Mizera
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The goal of this work is to analyse the socio-demographic, political and economical conditions of life of the elderly in Israel, including the description of the pension system and selected services for senior citizens. It was conducted based on the analysis of source texts, statistics and reports, coming mostly from government sites, as well as international and Israeli institutions. Th e results obtained were confronted with an opinion concerning the quality of life of the elderly, provided by a 40-year-old Israeli citizen. Th is was researched in a manner of a free-form interview, which was carried out in May 2015 in Israel. Th e issues discussed in the interview outlined the structure of this work.

Keywords

EN

Israel; senior policy; pension system; community services

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii WSB
• Journal: EXLIBRIS Biblioteka Gerontologii Społecznej
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 2(10)/2015 Social Policy and Models of Services for the Elderly International Perspective
• Pages: 87-98

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

author

Karolina Mizera

• Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland

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