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Mortality of persons with intellectual disability in residential care in Israel 1991-1997
- Author:
- MERRICK Joav
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 27(4), December 2002, pp.265-272.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Reports on the number of deaths for the period 1991-1997 in Israeli residential centres. Some 450 deaths were reported, corresponding to a mortality rate of 10.25 deaths per 1000 population per year. The number of deaths compared with those in the general population. Information on the age and sex distribution, level of intellectual disability, ethnic background and cause of death is presented.
Examination of the association of age, disability, and mood among Jewish older adults in Israel
- Author:
- LITWIN H.
- Journal article citation:
- Aging and Mental Health, 6(4), November 2002, pp.397-401.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The purpose of this article is to examine the association between chronological age, disability and mental health in later life. Secondary analysis of data from a national probability sample of Jewish persons age 60 and over in Israel was employed. Mental health, measured on a 12-item mood scale, was successively regressed on age, sociodemographic characteristics, functional disability and physical health status, and on the interaction of age and disability. A significant negative association between age and mood emerged when confounding variables were not controlled. This association remained, to a lesser degree, after sociodemographic variables were entered. The addition of disability and health variables reversed the direction of the association. Finally, the entry of the interaction term (age x disability) bolstered the net association of age and mood.