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Immigration and Health Services: Immigrant Complaint Patterns Regarding the...

Complaints are a potentially important source of information regarding health care quality in societies which face constant immigration. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence and...

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Social Worker's Attitudes to the Law: An Israeli Perspective

In recent years there has been a general shift towards integration and cooperation between lawyers and social workers, both professionally and ideologically. The goal of this study was to explore the...

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Law, financial abuse and the elderly: Should we mandate banks to report?

Financial abuse has been a neglected field under Israeli law. This article describes the existing laws and case-law in this field and proposes a new direction for legal reform in this field.

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Aging with pride: The meaning of aging for homosexuals in Israel

This article deals with the meaning of aging for gay men and for the lesbian population. A unique segment of the population, approximately 10% statistically, this group has yet to be researched in...

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Bridging the gap between the real and the ideal

This article's aim is to discuss the complexity of being a social-worker in homes for independent and frail elders in Israel, in terms of balancing between residents' needs and rights; safeguarding...

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International rights of older persons: what difference would a new convention...

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the creation of an international convention on the rights of older persons. This article examines this trend and tries to answer the following...

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The Legal Standing of Grandparents to Visitation Rights With Their...

The purpose of this article is to describe the “Israeli story” regarding the legal standing of grandparents with regard to visitation rights to their grandchildren.

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Municipal elder law: an exercise in legal futurism

This article presents a model for local/municipal by-law on the rights of older persons.

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The meaning of community-rehabilitation for schizophrenia patients in Israel

In the year 2000, a law was passed in Israel, known as the Law for Community Rehabilitation of the Mentally Ill. The Community Rehabilitation Law was intended to provide a “basket of services” that...

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Unheard voices: complaint patterns of older persons in the health care system

Objectives. To examine the patterns and prevalence of complaints about health services among older clients of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), explore demographic correlates, and compare...

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Complaints on health services: a survey of persons with disabilities

This study examined the extent to which people with disabilities express their voice and present complaints about the quality of health services, and how their complaints are submitted, compared to...

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The debate around the need for an international convention on the rights of...

In recent years, there has been a growing interest and debate around the question, whether there is a need for an international convention on the rights of older persons. The debate around this...

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The Hague convention on the international protection of adults and...

מטרת מאמר זה היא להציג בפני ציבור הקוראים הישראלי את "אמנת האג להגנה בינלאומית על מבוגרים" – The Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults. מדובר בכלי משפטי, מתחום המשפט...

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Bio-ethics and fertility in old age: supporting older women's right to become...

This article discusses the bio-ethical question regarding older women's right to become pregnant.

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Age discrimination and the labour courts

This study empirically examines Israeli labor court rulings in the field of age discrimination.

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Mediation and alternative dispute resolution in old age

גישור אינו מושג חדש. לא מכבר "גילה" המשפט הישראלי את עולם הגישור ואת חשיבותו לשמש אמצעי ליישוב סכסוכים בתור חלופה להליך המשפטי האדברסרי. עם זאת, עד היום הוענקה תשומת לב מועטה יחסית בספרות העיון בישראל...

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A Judicial Rashomon: on ageism and narrative justice

How are old people treated in courts? How do judges construct old age? To what extent judicial decisions regarding older persons reflect ageist attitudes? Historically, these questions have received...

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Time for Geriatric Jurisprudence

Geriatrics and law may not be natural bedfellows. Moreover, Law and lawyers were not part of the professions that were the "founding fathers" of the field of geriatrics. In this short viewpoint we...

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Elder self neglect: A geriatric syndrome or a life course story?

Aims: To explore the unique aspects of the elder self-neglect phenomenon and to achieve phenomenological understanding of self-neglect through the eyes of self-neglecting elders. Method: A qualitative...

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Municipal elder law: A Minnesota Perspective

The field of elder law has developed dramatically over the past several decades and is primarily regarded as a creature of state and federal law. This area of law will be of paramount importance in...

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