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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.