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Caring for Holocaust Survivors: Rethinking the Paradigm
Publication Date: March 2003
Publisher(s): Jewish Communal Service Association of North America
Author(s): Allen Glicksman; Kimberly Van Haitsma; Michelle H. Mamberg; Michelle Gagnon
Series: Journal of Jewish Communal Service, 79-2/3
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Religion and religious groups)
Social conditions (Psychology)
Keywords: Trauma; Elderly; Mental Health; Social Services
Type: Report
Abstract:
Much of the literature on Holocaust survivors is based on the faulty assumption that they constitute a homogeneous group. One can only understand the effect of the Holocaust on their mental health status in old age by appreciating the diversity of this group. Their status is determined by such factors as when they emigrated from Eastern Europe, their age at the time the Holocaust began, and the number of children they have.
In Journal of Jewish Communal Service, v.79 no.2-3, Winter-Spring 2002-2003.