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Quality of life among disabled older adults without cognitive impairment and its relation to attendance in day care centres
- Authors:
- IECOVICH Esther, BIDERMAN Aya
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 33(4), 2013, pp.627-643.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Day care centres intend to improve the quality of life of disabled older adults. The aims of the paper are to: (a) examine the extent to which users of day care centres experience higher levels of quality of life compared to their peers who are non-users; and (b) to explore the relationships between the length of use and frequency of weekly attendance at day care centres and quality of life. This is a case-control study with a sample of 817 respondents, of whom 417 were users of day care centres and 400 were non-users, matched by age, gender and family physician. The study was conducted in 12 day care centres in the southern region of Israel. Data collection included face-to-face interviews using a structured questionnaire. Quality of life was found to be significantly related to the use of day care centres, but length and frequency of attendance were insignificant in explaining quality of life among users of day care centres. The study demonstrated that users of day care centres have a higher quality of life, but in a cross-sectional study we cannot prove causality. Therefore, more research using quasi-experimental and longitudinal research designs is necessary to assess causality between use and attendance at day care centres on users' quality of life. (Publisher abstract)
Elder abuse and neglect-: a pilot incidence study in Israel
- Authors:
- IECOVICH Esther, LANKRI Michal, DRORI Daniela
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 16(3), 2005, pp.45-63.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The purposes of this study were: (1) to report on the incidence of elder abuse and neglect by forms of abuse among elderly persons in a metropolitan city in Israel; (2) to characterize the victims and their perpetrators; and (3) to report on the major pathologic family problems diagnosed in the victims' families and the professionals that were involved in intervention after an abused person had been identified. Data collection was conducted over a one-year period, during which 120 new cases of abuse and neglect were identified, an incidence rate of approximately 0.5% (elderly population include 24,800 inhabitants). Unmarried women, who were frail and disabled, and lived with others were at the greatest risk of abuse and neglect of all kinds. Differences were found with respect to age and ethnic origin. Mental abuse was the most prevalent form and in most cases abuse included a combination of various forms of abuse and neglect. Conflictual family relationships were found to be the most prevalent cause of any of the abusive behaviors and the least cause of abuse was caregiving to a dependent family member.