Demographic Indicators, Economic Factors, and Psychological Conditions of the Jewish Aged in Hungary


 

Publication Date: January 1995

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): David Guttmann

Research Area: Health; Social conditions

Keywords: Social Services; FSU; Elderly

Type: Report

Coverage: Hungary

Abstract:

The Hungarian Jewish elderly are physically, financially, and psychologically vulnerable. Living in an unstable society making a painful transition to a market economy, their lives are permeated by fear—fear of the uncertain future, fear of rocketing inflation, fear of crime. And because many elderly are Holocaust survivors whose families perished in the war, they have no relatives to help them. The American Joint Distribution Committee acts as surrogate family members, providing much-needed cash assistance and social services.