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Live-in care workers in sheltered housing for older adults in Israel
— the new sheltered housing law | | Author(s) | Esther Iecovich |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Social Policy, vol 28, no 4, October-December 2016 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, October-December 2016 |
| Pages | pp 277-291 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Care support workers ; Home care services ; Sheltered housing ; Policy ; Israel. |
| Annotation | Supportive housing schemes were historically aimed to provide group accommodation for older adults. With the ageing of residents, facilities were required to enable them to receive care services to allow them to age in place. Thus, different countries and different facilities developed different models of housing with care, reflecting cultural and policy diversities. Despite all of the different models, there are many commonalities among the supportive housing schemes across countries. These include provision of dwelling units and care services provided either by the facility or by external agencies. This article aims to: describe the historical development of the ever-evolving supportive care housing phenomena; point at variations in models of housing and care within the international context; and present a new Israeli model that enables residents to privately hire live-in care workers to meet their care needs. This is a unique model in the international context that has not been reported before. The article describes the main ideas of the new model and discusses the challenges that it raises, and pinpoints the unresolved issues associated with the presence of live-in care workers employed by residents of sheltered housing that should be addressed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170106215 A |
| Classmark | QRS: NH: KLA: QAD: 7H6 |
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