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Professor Anna Zisberg, PhD, MA, RN, FAAN

Professor Anna Zisberg is Chair of the PhD Program at Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing and Director of the Center of Research & Study of Aging at UoH. She completed her PhD in Nursing at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Her research contributes to maintaining function and quality of life of frail older adults. Professor Zisberg has published more than 60 articles in international geriatric and nursing journals and presented her work at over 70 national and international conferences.

 

Research Interests:

  • Understanding mechanisms that account for changes in functional and cognitive status in older adults during times of health challenges, such as hospitalization
  • Exploring the effects of organizational structure and quality of care on hospitalization outcomes 
  • Developing and validating instruments and assessment tools to evaluate responses of older adults, their family, and health care staff
  • Working towards an age friendly health care system and society

Keywords:

Acute care; LTC; Function; Hospitalization; Instrument development and testing; Mobility; Older adults; Personal routine; Quality of care; Palliative care; Age friendly

SDG Keywords:

Vulnerable; Disability; Mental health; Access to education; Global education; Vocational training; Ageism; Disabilities; Ethnicity

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Board Chairman

 

 

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Professor Yitzhak Brick, PhD

Professor Brick is a member of the Department of Gerontology at the University of Haifa where he lectures on Policy in the Field of Aging and is the director of the practicum program. He has lectured on Social Service Management at Bar Ilan and Hebrew Universities. He studied Sociology, Education, and Criminology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and has a PhD in Social Policy, Planning, and Administration from Brandeis University. Professor Brick held top positions in the Ministry of Welfare for 25 years, including Deputy Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs, and then served as a Director of JDC-ESHEL, the Association for the Planning and Development of Services for the Aged in Israel for 24 years. Professor Brick serves on many national and international boards and committees concerned with social planning and care of the aged (including the board of the Center of Study and Research on Aging). Professor Brick has been the Chairman of the Israel Gerontological Society since 2013. He is the chair of the advisory council to the Ministry of Equal Rights and Pensionaries and a board member of the Advisory Council to the National Insurance Institute. Professor Brick has edited numerous books, published many articles, and regularly gives lectures at national and international conferences.

 

Research Interests:

  • Social policy for the aged
  • Ageing in place
  • Quality of life of the elderly 

Keywords:

Social exclusion; Geriatrics; Gerontology; Quality of life; Judaism; Poverty

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Academic representatives

Prof. Yuval Palgi
Gerontology department, University of Haifa
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Prof. (emerita) Ariela Lowenstein
Gerontology department, University of Haifa

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Dr. Tova Band Winterstein
Gerontology department, University of Haifa
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Prof. Eliezer Carmeli
Department of Physical Therapy, University of Haifa
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Dr. Maayan Agmon
The Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, University of Haifa
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Research Authority representative

Dr. Sharon Link

Research Authority director, University of Haifa

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ד"ר אפרת גיל
גריאטרית, מרכז רפואי בני ציון, חיפה
 
גב' מיכל פרג,
מנהל בית בלב נשר, מוסד שיקומי-סיעודי
 
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מנכ"לית עמותת שילה לאזרחים ותיקים חיפה

Administrative representative

גב' רחלי בליפנטה-אפוטה
מנהלת הפקולטה למדעי הרווחה והבריאות, אוניברסיטת חיפה

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Congratulations

מאגר נתוני אזרחים ותיקים ביישובים קטנים מונגש לחוקרים על ידי מרכז הידע לחקר הזדקנות האוכלוסייה בישראל.

לקבלת קובץ הנתונים (בפורמט spss) על החוקרים למלא את טופס ההרשאה.

המאגר מבוסס על נתוני סקר שבוצע לבקשת המשרד לאזרחים ותיקים על ידי מרכז הידע בשנת 2014. במחקר נבחנו סוגיות שונות בקרב אוכלוסיית האזרחים הותיקים המתגוררים ביישובים קטנים, כדוגמת מאפיינים כלכליים, מגורים, שייכות לקהילה, בריאות, רווחה נפשית ונגישות.  במדגם 500 נשים וגברים בני 65 ומעלה, השייכים למגזר היהודי ואשר מתגוררים ביישובים המונים פחות מ-2,000 תושבים, מכל הארץ.


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